that are extracted from their bodies and used for research. Should people who donated their cells be compensated for the findings based off them? To what extent do people have control and benefits from donating their cells to science? Who has the right to have access to other people’s cells and for what purposes will they be justified and legal? B. Henrietta Lacks was the unwitting donor of the cells that found significant new information and treatment of cervical cancer. She did not have any knowledge
Can it be morally permissible to eat meat when plant-based foods are available? In this paper my aim is it to explain why this is morally wrong to do. One problem with eating meat is humans are putting animals in unnecessary pain. Another problem is that the majority of our environmental destruction on our planet is due to agriculture. Philosophers Peter Singer and Tom Regan, both back up this view with their own arguments. It doesn’t make sense to eat meat when there is no need to do so. Humans
In the pursuit to gain the greatest understanding and respect of human rights projects and global social justice cosmopolitanism is necessary. Looking at cosmopolitism’s roots, features and limits through the lenses of authors Fine, Held and Calhoun to further address the importance of this ideal regardless of its weaknesses. Following the debate of whether critics are right about cosmopolitanisms liberal biases undermining its critical potential will be discussed, to suggest where cosmopolitanism
My Line Manager and I both reflected on our concerns and analysed what we felt about the situation and agreed these concerns needed to be raised immediately with 2’s Care Co-ordinator. Once I contacted the Care Co-ordinator we reviewed again the circumstances around 2’s vulnerabilities. I wanted to ensure that I had made both my line manager and the Care Co-ordinator aware of the factual information I had been given whilst also seeking a multi-discipline professional judgment on what was the best
These Times, a progressive activism journal out of Chicago, continuously in their article “who has a right to track you?” Corporations argue that they have a right to collect data. These alternative viewpoints are presented quite differently, however. This essay will be about, does corporation have a right
Human Rights is a set of moral and legal guidelines that promote and protect a recognition of our values, our identity and ability to ensure an adequate standard of living (AHRC, 2017). They are designed to be enjoyed by everyone regardless of factors such as race, sex or disability. In Australia, this includes the right to feel safe, to have food, shelter and water, to be provided with education, employment and health care, to have an opinion and the ability to defend yourself, and to be not discriminate
DID JEM REACH THE ULTIMATE LEVEL OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT? Lawrence Kohlberg, a professor at Harvard, creates a theory of human moral development. Since his theory was an expansion of Jean Piaget moral development of children, he elucidates of his theory to have series of stages. Each stage were categorized into three levels: preconventional, conventional, and postconventional. During each level there are 2 stages which are consequent for moral development because they are action that manifest on who
pride for the people and made America unique. Additionally, the idea of its people having power, rights, and a constitution to protect that supported the idea of equality and liberty. Crevecoeur stated, “He persecutes nobody, and nobody persecutes him, he visits his neighbors, and his neighbors visit him.” There is the idea that in America one can be themselves and everyone has the same basic human rights. Crevecoeur’s writing differed from Tocqueville in the accuracy of America at the time and how
Pros and cons of WikiLeak The debate about information freedom has become fiercely contested with the advent of WikiLeaks. Wikileaks is a non-profit organization which collects original resources and publishes on the website. It provides a secure platform for whistleblowers. Some people consider Julian Assange (leader of WikiLeaks) as a hero who has provided a platform to uncover the truth. This essay discusses the pros and cons for the issue. In 1971, The NewYork Times and Washington Post newspapers
distribution? It is how a national income is split between different groups. Rights theory worries as the name says it, about people rights, and action is good if it respects the people’s rights. There are two kinds of rights, positive and negative. The first one relates to the right that people have to entitlements, is also known as Welfare (food, shelter, healthcare). The second one is negative rights, it is associated with the right that a person has not be subjected to an action from another group or