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Chrissy Le

CONS - Euthanasia - 5 views

www.buzzle.com/...os-and-cons-of-euthanasia.html

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  • Chrissy Le on 20 Nov 10
     
    Euthanasia is to end one's life, the purpose being, to end pain and suffering. The decision is made by the individual himself/herself or the family members if that individual is not capable to make the decision. The site I have given looks at the pros and cons of euthanasia, but my focus' are the cons. I found these arguments to be very valid and ones that I have not yet thought of.
  • mira ahmad on 23 Nov 10
     
    Chrissy! I find this link helpful because it gives clear and precise arguments that are for and against euthanasia. It's a simple and easy way to get more arguments for our subject! (They obviously need more research and depth though).
  • Catherine Delisle on 24 Nov 10
     
    This link is very helpful for both the for and against sides of euthanasia. It contains a lot of information that can be useful for both sides. The only bad aspect of this website is it's credibility.
Chrissy Le

Euthanasia Cons - 3 views

www.buzzle.com/...euthanasia-pros-and-cons.html

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  • Chrissy Le on 23 Nov 10
     
    This website speaks about the pros and cons of euthanasia, but because my group is against it I am focusing on the cons. The website also defines the term "euthanasia" if some of you do not understand it. I chose buzzle.com because the arguments seem valid to me and have a good stand.
  • Daryl Bambic on 24 Nov 10
     
    It's got free psychic advertising! Not the most credible website.
steven bloom

Using Animals for Testing: Pro's Versus Con's - About Animal Testing (UK) - 1 views

www.aboutanimaltesting.co.uk/-testing-pros-versus-cons.html

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  • It is for this reason that animal testing is considered vital for improving human health and it is also why the scientific community a
  • nd many members of the public support its use. In fact, there are also individuals who are against animal testing
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  • for cosmetics but still support animal testing for medicine and the development of new drugs for disease.
  • Another important aspect to note is that animal testing helps to ensure the safety of drugs and many other substances humans use or are exposed to regularly. Drugs in particular can carry significant dangers with their use but animal testing allows researchers to initially gauge the safety of drugs prior to commencing trials on humans. This means that human harm is reduced and human lives are saved - not simply from avoidance of the dangers of drugs but because the drugs themselves save lives as well as improve the quality of human life.
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  • Daryl Bambic on 24 Nov 10
     
    Please add your sticky note summary.
  • steven bloom on 03 Dec 10
     
    Thia website states the cons of animal testing. It says that when animals are finished being tested on they are usually killed. It also states that the cost of animal testing is through the roof and we can spend it on anything else. Lastly soem scientist still believe that it is unreliable to test animals and to think that the drug will work on humans.
Mason Brenhouse

What is Wrong with Inheritance Taxation? | Newsflavor - 0 views

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  • Some people think that inheritance taxes are the right way to redistribute wealth. But does it really do that? In effect, they just provide governments with more money to squander. If they really should redistribute wealth, they should be excluded from the normal government income and allocated in a special fund earmarked for the purpose. Some people think that inheritance taxes are downright wrong; taking away already taxed and hard earned money from people who earned it.
  • What happens when you tax an inheritance? Applying British standards, 50 percent of the inheritance gets lost to the government coffers. If this money is sitting in a savings account or in a safe, the fact might be annoying to the heir, but hardly life threatening to anyone. If the money on the other hand is sitting in a company providing work to people, losing half the money could mean the end of the company. This second case in fact doesn’t redistribute wealth, it kills it
  • Mason Brenhouse on 01 Dec 10
     
    According to this article the taxation of inheritance is actually an ineffective and actually steals hard earned money from the people who actually went out and earned it. It goes on to say that relatively 50% of inheritance is actually lost to the government. It speaks about working capitol which is money that is actively contributing to the economy and dead capital which is money that is lying dormant somewhere being saved. 
  • Daryl Bambic on 03 Dec 10
     
    This is a very interesting article but make sure to use it as a secondary point and not your main argument.
Mason Brenhouse

What's Wrong with Taxation? - Tibor R. Machan - Mises Daily - 2 views

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  • Liberty is incompatible with taxation. This despite that famous saying by Oliver Wendell Holmes that "Taxation is the price we pay for civilization." In fact, taxation is a most uncivilized way of obtaining funds, given that it boils down to nothing less than extortion.
  • Not a lot of taxation, mind you, because it seemed pretty clear to the Founders that taxation is in fact extortion. But they didn't see some other, legitimate, morally acceptable way of collecting the funds needed to pay government for its service of securing our rights. Yet, they might have.
  • The first step is to acknowledge, unapologetically, that the institution of taxation is not a civilized but a barbaric method to fund anything, because it amounts to nothing less than outright extortion, a gross violation of human liberty.
  • Mason Brenhouse on 23 Nov 10
     
    Interesting, this article suggests that both taxation and liberty are incompatible. Therefore by association, not only does being taxed go against everyone's own liberty but it simply cannot function in a society that is based upon liberty. In fact taxation is essentially compared to extortion. It goes on to explain how people go to work in order to earn some money in order to live their lives. However, when the pay checks come in they have only received a fraction of what they were promised. Eventually it concludes by saying that taxation is in no way civilized but simply just barbaric. 
  • Daryl Bambic on 24 Nov 10
     
    Look at who these people are. Go to their home tab. This is the Austrian school of economics. Interesting.
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