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My conception of ethically permissible behavior is based on the view that any decision is ethically permitted if it is voluntary and does not cause gratuitous harm to others. This is congruent with the early ethical stricture in medicine, Primum non nocere, "First, do no harm." However, our perception of harm must be qualified. A living being can be harmed without being harmed in a moral sense. I harm a mosquito when I swat it, but I do not harm it in a moral sense unless I assign a moral absolute value to the mosquito's well-being. To be harmed in a moral sense is to be wronged. Thus, my concern is with behavior that does or does not wrong another.

Many people get confused on what freedom of speech actually means. This website gives specific details on what exactly freedom of speech does mean and whats acceptable, like burning the american flag. At the same time it outlines what would not be seen as freedom of speech, such as something that would harm another person.

The Article explains what is included in the right to freedom of speech and what the freedom of speech does not include. It also has other links regarding free speech under the first amendment.

An Article discussing same sex marriage and how religion has taken a major role in it. It also discusses how some states have allowed it and how some have not.

Some may see no correlation between religious freedom and same-sex marriage freedoms. However, this article goes over why some people find that these two personal freedoms go hand and hand.

On Wednesday, President Obama initiated 23 executive actions designed to help combat gun violence. But as he himself acknowledged, there's only so much he can do on his own. The "most important" changes, he said, need to go through Congress. "To make a real and lasting difference, Congress too must act," said the president.

Same sex marriage is not a joke the gay community does not want to cause chaos. There just like any other people and wanted to be married like any other people and they feal really sincere about it.

This article provides information on a medical practice in Chicago that does not require vaccinations for the children the care for. They state that none of their patients have Autism and only one child has Asthma. They compare their patients and the children of the Amish in rural Lancaster who also have never been vaccinated. Although federal health authorities dismiss the argument that vaccines can cause Autism it is hard to overlook the fact that children who are not vaccinated do not develop Autism.

Not only does ACTA effect us in the states but around the world . We would be censored for any reason. What does this Trade Agreement do for us?

The whole purpose of this website is to inform people of each requirement that is needed for a young person to receive the benefits of the DREAM act. Some of these requirements include being in the United States for at least 5 years without leaving. This bill does not guarantee them citizenship right away but what it does is it lets them stay in the United States if they agree to either join the U.S military or attend college. Mostly all illegal immigrant students want to do both so it benefits them in many ways, since it is already in their minds.

This article shows the difference between gun control and gun rights. We have the right to bare arms but some believe that does not mean we have the right to bare military grade weapons. At the end of the page it shows the prior congressional vote. The house did reject gun control but split it into two seperate issues one pertaining more towards juvenile crime.

We have all heard about "Obamacare". Here's a look at what the arguments are all about. Is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional or lawful? Can the government force every legal citizen to buy insurance? Or does that over-step the rights of its very citizens? It seems, the answer lies in interpretation.

This article is very staightforward. It provides the nitty gritty details of the new healthcare law in manageable chunks. Not only does this article summarize the law, it also plugs in numerical values to paint a picture of what PPACA is intended to do and how it affects the employee, employer (small and large), and government.

The topic has been a big debate for sometime. Obama even has a say on the topic, but does it scare other politicians, yes it does. If we have the freedom of religion why can't we have the freedom of marriage, after all in most cases marriage is a religious ceremony

The article is very generic and does not go into all the questions asked in the survey. Still intresting to see how people view their states.

I think this is a good articel. It shows what people think of the states they live in. Very opinionated people I must say.

This article summarizes eight services that are now available to women without any copay or cost sharing under the Affordable Care Act

While it seems like a great thing to offer, how does this affect the taxpayers? Where does the government get the money to cover the extra cost of the "free" services? Higher taxes? We are already approaching 17 trillion in debt and running a trillion deficit every year since 2009.

Under the Affordable Care Act, US newborn babies may be required to be implanted with a microchip.

This article talks about all the benefits our country would have if we legalized all drugs like countries like Amsterdam does. It would get rid off all organized crime. It would prevent the spread of disease.Reduces violent crimes and theft. People are given clean needles and their doses are monitored. Statistics also show that people who live in this type of a society usually stop using the drug eventually.

The article on this site seems to suggest that cell phone use while driving does not substantially impair drivers. It advises against legislation to ban cell phones while driving. The article states that there simply isn't enough data yet to prove that cell phone use causes accidents.

This website discusses the issue of physician-assisted suicide. It explores the ethics of such an act, as well as the proliferation of such requests. It offers the opinion that doctors must respect the patient's wishes not to endure life-prolonging treatments that do little to help the patient's quality of life. However, it does not advocate nor denigrate assisted suicide.

This article states more rules on net neutrality as well as some arguments that are occurring with net neutrality. it also states what you can do if you want to report an ISP. You can report it informally or formally: informally, you would fill out a complaint form. It is not recommended that you formally report an ISP unless you represent a large company.

You're not writing enough for your summaries.

The prison system and its flaws is one that is much overlooked in today's society as far as problems that could be fixed. This article explains the flaws and the fixations that should happen I considered this a personal freedom because even thought hey are prisoners , they have the right to still be treated as human beings.