I will first go on to state each opponent’s strongest argument and then I will go on to discuss who I feel won the debate putting aside my personal beliefs on the topic. First I think Kayla’s strongest argument was that physician-assisted suicide gives patients the opportunity to ease their mind. She provided solid evidence by disclosing the touching stories of both her father and the 26 year old patient she works with during summer in her local community. Both of the men testified that if they had the choice between death and life hey choose death to ease the pain. This went against Adam’s argument that the current system in place already provides patients with pain management. This is an example of an emotional appeals augment, which engages
On December 17, 2016, the complainant reported that she was engaged in an argument with her wife Lynn Townsend (Lynn) over Christmas decorations. The argument became physical and Lynn along Kiyanna Townsend (Kiyanna) and Michelle Townsend (Michelle) assaulted the complainant by striking her in the face several times with a handgun and punching and kicking her in the face and body. The complainant described the gun as a black semi-automatic handgun with and extend magazine. The complainant was transported to GW hospital and treated for her injuries. A sixth district detective was requested to assist with the investigation.
Police officials say that a motorcyclist, identified as Kaylan Perry, 21 from Fairfield, has died after a fatal crash occurred while racing with another vehicle on Sunday.
The Quinnipiac University poll was done during early September to test the waters before the first presidential debate between Clinton and Trump. The sample size was roughly 960, supposedly voters from across the nation with a margin of error of +- 3.2 which isn’t horrible. The numbers look fine and because it was a nationwide poll, the possibility of getting a fair and accurate cross section of views is fairly high, that being said there are a few issues with this poll that cause me to be concerned with the accuracy of this poll for many reasons.
“How to Die in Oregon” is a powerful and moving documentary that really opened my eyes to what assisted suicide is and allowed me to develop opinions and feelings on the topic. Before watching the documentary I didn’t know exactly how assisted suicide worked, but I supported it. I believed it should be in a person’s control and their own decision in certain circumstances to choose life or death for themselves. After watching the documentary, my opinion still holds strong, except I now take it more seriously. Obviously life versus death is a very serious matter, and while I still believe it should be the person’s decision, the choice one person makes can leave devastation in their wake. Their families are left broken and grieving. Losing a loved
In the video “Brittany Maynard Explains Why She’s Choosing Physician-assisted Suicide at 29”, Brittany Maynard takes a very strong position for assisted suicide. Her video reached a large audience when it was released in 2014, as she was the first person to not only openly support assisted suicide, but also then use it herself when she chose to die at age 29 due to her terminal brain cancer. Her purpose is to show people that choosing assisted suicide doesn’t mean someone is suicidal, but rather that they want to choose to die peacefully rather than in a degrading and painful way, like the one her future with stage four brain cancer would bring her. Maynard states, “There is a difference between a person who is dying and a person who is suicidal. I do not want to do. I am dying.” Maynard takes a significantly more personal and emotional take on the issue, comparable only to Jennifer Medina’s article in the New York Times where she interviews patients who have decided to use physician-assisted suicide to end their lives. However, Maynard shows a much more personal perspective in her explanation of why she chose to move to Oregon to obtain a lethal prescription under Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act, and the struggles she went through in coming to that conclusion, as opposed to
Death is inevitable, but do we ride it out until the bitter end or chose a quick and painless death? Many people are against the idea of physician-assisted suicide and others aren’t such as Faye Girish writer of the article “Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legalized?” Published in 1999 in Insight on the News, she argues that the legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide will allow those who wish to die a peaceful way to do so. Faye establishes the building of her credibility with plausible facts and statistics, great emotional appeal, and personal sources. However, throughout the article several times she attempts to use pity to guilt people into agreeing with her argument, uses celebrities as sources, and doesn’t cite some of her sources questioning her credibility and finally, her argument.
Forty-one-year-old Oregon medical marijuana patient Kristie Groce of Portland is no stranger to adversity. Kristie has suffered immeasurably with numerous medical illnesses and injuries over the years. She had even been written off as terminal and placed on hospice care at one point. Despite the mortal diagnosis, Kristie is now thriving in ways she had never dared to dream of due, in her mind, to the healing properties of cannabis. Cannabis has not only given Kristie her life back, but now she has learned she is creating a new life, something she was told would never happen.
In my point of view, I disagree with Rachels claims. Putting Rachel's claims into other words, anything you do with support can be considered the right thing. In fact, this claim will probably fit in many cases, such as president election and the jury. But it can't be true sometimes. For example, the "Blue Whale (game)." It is a "game" that administrators provide dangers challenges to players and torment them. The players will be suicide for the last missions. As I know, the "game" is spreading in many different nations. Why is this “game” occurring? Because it has many administrators as the supporter. In the back, they probably related to money dealing or people's unconcerned. I understand the morally right thing to do is what most people
Over the last few years there has been great debates over rather or not physician Assisted Suicide should be legal or not. Physician assisted suicide is a catalyst to the inevitable and should be legalized nationwide and regulated by the Government. Issues like this are usually looked at with an emotional standpoint instead of a logical one. The level of controversy shadows that of John Steinbeck’s novel of Mice and Men because George kills Lennie out of mercy, George understands that Lennie’s quality of life was not high. While people can understand the novel it seems to be difficult for them to understand the situation at hand. Most people especially family members do not understand because they are in denial or being selfish with the parent's
their opinions on the topic and the way that it violates many people’s moral judgement. Although
Physician assisted suicide is a controversy that has sparked heated debate and divide communities for over a hundred year. Groups such as medical professionals, religious leaders, and lawmakers have been divided on this issue; the question being not only “is physician assisted suicide acceptable?”, but “should physician assisted suicide be legalized?” There are two sides to this controversy, those for the legalization and those against. The sides are making arguments to support their claim for or against in hopes to convince not only lawmakers but also voters, and individuals that may not be as educated on this topic. This essay will discuss how this controversy has divided the end of life care community and the arguments being made by both
Mitchell’s article follows a logical organization pattern. He begins by presenting the arguments of the other side, offers his refutations, and ends by discussing what healthcare providers can do instead of assisted suicide. However, there are a few minor flaws in his arguments. Firstly, he uses the terms assisted suicide and euthanasia interchangeably, leading the reader to believe that they are the same thing when, in fact, there is a difference. Also, his inclusion of the etymological origin of the word patient does not do anything to strengthen his argument, as the origin of the word means nothing to its use today or the context of the argument. Finally, Mitchell presents
Assisted suicide is an extremely controversial issue both in Canada and countries around the world. In most of the world, assisted suicide is still illegal, but there appears to be some movement towards its legalization. Regardless of this shift towards the possible legalization of assisted suicide, there is still substantial resistance and debate regarding the issue. On one hand, those who support assisted suicide mostly use the ethical argument that everyone should have the right to choose how and when they die and that they should be able to die with dignity. Another factor is the “quality of life” issue, which means a person should no longer have to live, if they feel their life is no longer worth living. On the contrary, the argument against
The direct arguments in physicians-assisted suicide state that under no circumstances is the killing of another human being justified. Life is precious no matter how low the quality is and, should be valued at all times.
Many people believe that, regardless of who claims the victory of the election for themselves on November 8th, the fate of America lies in shambles following this year. Although, with that being said and without a distinct champion in last night’s debate at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada, it is difficult to come to a reliable conclusion; however, I personally believe that Senator Hillary Clinton claimed victory in the final debate. If he had not lost his temper after the second period of the debate, obviously, I believed that Trump appeared victorious. However so, as Trump lost his temper, he also threw the debate for himself, crumbling under Hillary’s harsh comments. While both candidates appeared as overly viscous, it is only common sense for both to act that way, as this was the last debate; even so, even if Trump won this debate by keeping the façade he had at the beginning, there is a slight chance for him to actually win in the general elections. Both explained their stances on the issues fairly well, however, Trump happened to accuse Hillary and Obama for everything rather than actually answering most of the questions well.