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CONS - Euthanasia - 5 views

www.buzzle.com/...os-and-cons-of-euthanasia.html euthanasia cons pros debate morals
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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.
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Correctional Service Canada- Torture Laws - 3 views

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  • Kelsey Adams on 03 Nov 10
     
    In this text we learn how Canada has strict rules against the torture of prisoners. The government believes that no matter what, we must respect the dignity of a human being and that no cruel punishments should ever be brought upon prisoners. There is said to be no international treaty that deals exclusively with the treatment of prisoners and the conditions of incarceration but one of the more known and respected instrument that deals with the rights of these criminals is the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners.
  • mira ahmad on 03 Nov 10
     
    Kelsey, This text is pretty interesting because while reading it, I learned a lot about Canada's correctional service system. I know about the basics but some things were explained in detail and I learned things that I never knew before. Now I will be able to link specific cases with our correctional system and get a better understanding!
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Suicide vs. Euthanasia - 3 views

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  • sara tsapekis on 08 Dec 10
     
    This site states the differences as well as the similarities between suicide and euthanasia. I think it's a good site because it breaks down euthanasia into all the possible categories (voluntary euthanasia, in-voluntary euthanasia, non-voluntary euthanasia) and goes into detail about each one. They are interrelated because in a euthanasia case, the patient could be depressed and that would be the reason for wanting euthanasia to be performed. Suicide becomes a choice for those who are depressed as well.
  • michelle tappert on 08 Dec 10
     
    this site is very useful for both sides of the argument about whether euthanasia is right or wrong. This site allows us to see and understand the difference between different kinds of euthanasia, because they are not all the same. It talks about depression and how suicide is a choice for them, but it should stay a personal choice. Euthanasia is sometimes not even chosen by the person for whom it is brought up. Very good site, it really helps see what euthanasia and suicide are all about.
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Non-religious arguments against Euthanasia - 3 views

www.starcourse.org/euthanasia.htm
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    • Catherine Delisle
      Catherine Delisle on 24 Nov 10
       
      This very credible web page is rich in arguments and has many clear and simple points that are very direct. There are a few points that I thought were more important than others. The first point was that assisting suicide was goes against law and public morality, which means that it is against social values. Also, they mentioned that if someone really wants to die, it may be "due to depression or misapprehension of their prognosis". Euthanasia is also irreversible. Some people can act on things while going through a tough time in their lives. Not only that, but euthenasia would create social pressures on vulnerable people. Euthenasia would also ruin relationships between elders and their children. Often, elders are seen as a burden, and with the option of euthanasia, they will feel pressured not to be a burden anymore. Lastly, the relationship between the doctor and the patient would be ruined. Patients would be afraid that they would be euthanised against their will, which is a real situation in Holland.
  • sara tsapekis on 24 Nov 10
     
    This website is straight to the point, and I like that it gives the reasons in point form, making the reading easy to understand. Many reasons given in the website are justifiable. The first reason, for example, which was that legalizing killing undermines public morality, is a very strong point.
  • sydney goldman on 30 Nov 10
     
    I think that this site is extremely easy to understand and makes some really good strong points against euthanasia that are not easily argued. it shows points from different aspects like health reasons, moral reasons, governmental reasons etc... all of these form a nice barrier that covers all of the possible argument that the other team will make.
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Euthanasia Cons - 3 views

www.buzzle.com/...euthanasia-pros-and-cons.html euthanasia cons doctors killing
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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.
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Animals share everything with us why not rights - 2 views

www.megaessays.com/...27604.html
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  • steven bloom on 03 Dec 10
     
    This website just talks our two main principle life and liberty. This website also says that since we have been sharing the earth with all these creatures over many years then they have the right to live also. This is actually an argumentitive essay and if you sign up to the website you will bbe able to see teh whole essay and all his points
  • Daryl Bambic on 03 Dec 10
     
    This website's credibility is questionable. Please don't put too much stock in this.
  • vince chatigny-barbosa on 05 Dec 10
     
    What the website fails to mention is that nature is composed of food chains. The top of the food chain are smart/stronger and therefore are superior. We are also part of a food chain. Thanks to our superior intelligence and technology, we are therefore superior.
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The Animal Rights View - 2 views

www.furcommission.com/...rights.htm
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  • The capacity for suffering is a prerequisite for having interests at all, a condition that must be met before we can speak of rights.
  • In both the historic and modern views of animal rights, the key point is "sentience," or the capacity to experience pain or pleasur
  • In the animal rights view, if a being is capable of suffering, there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration.
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  • They don't have to speak a word. Screaming, writhing about, crying and other behavior tells us they are in pain. We see the same sort of behavior in animals.
  • Kelsey Adams on 23 Nov 10
     
    This website gives us the utilitarian point of view on how animal cruelty and their use as resource is continuously horrid. Jeremy Bentham said that as long as a being is capable of suffering, then there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. He said that the question is not can animals reason but do animals suffer?
  • Daryl Bambic on 24 Nov 10
     
    Highlight an important part(s) of the website for your team to read.
  • vince chatigny-barbosa on 05 Dec 10
     
    What affects us the most in our society: Suffering of a infant or the suffering of an animal? Obviously, we would rather an animal suffer opposed to an infant. If someone has to suffer, it should be animals because it the extreme is outrageous.
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The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan - 2 views

www.animal-rights-library.com/...regan03.htm
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  • Kelsey Adams on 23 Nov 10
     
    This is an actual case which demonstrated the various points as to why the use of animals as a resource is wrong. Tom Reagan explains that the people who are against the right of animals believe that their only purpose in our world is to be eaten, surgically manipulated and to be exploited for sport or money. It even sounds awful to say such a thing.
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  • Daryl Bambic on 24 Nov 10
     
    Where is this from? This is a file on the web but who publishes it and who is Tom Regan?
  • Kelsey Adams on 30 Nov 10
     
    Tom Regan is an American philosopher who specializes in animal rights theory. He teaches at North Carolina State University. He is the author of numerous books on the philosophy of animal rights, including The Case for Animal Rights. His studies, books and cases have significantly influenced the modern animal liberation movement.
  • Kelsey Adams on 01 Dec 10
     
    I was not able to sticky note the page but here are some parts i would have highlighted: Singer and Frey both offer arguments that are motivated by utilitarian concerns Regan offers his own Rights View as an adequate moral theory: to respect the rights of an individual is to treat that individual as if she was inherently valuable rather than merely useful (improvement on utilitarianism) Nothing less than the abolition of using animals as food, in science, and in industry is morally acceptable according to Regan
  • Kelsey Adams on 01 Dec 10
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Do euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide violate the Hippocratic Oath? - Euthanasia... - 2 views

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  • Hippocratic Oath:
    • sara tsapekis
      sara tsapekis on 23 Nov 10
       
      The Hippocratic Oath is an oath taken by doctors taken for them to swear that they will practice medicine ethically.
  • I will do no harm
    • sara tsapekis
      sara tsapekis on 23 Nov 10
       
      Some may say euthanasia violates the oath especially due to this sentence. Some think that euthanasia causes harm to the person because it is killing them, while others believe that in certain situations, not performing euthanasia is harming the individual.
  • sara tsapekis on 23 Nov 10
     
    This site includes text from the Hippocratic Oath and famous quotes talking about whether euthanasia violates this oath or not. The Hippocratic Oath is relevant to euthanasia because all doctors take this oath and a certain amount of them perform euthanasia. Some people think it violates the oath because of the aspects the oath contains, which opposes the whole concept of euthanasia. Of course, others think otherwise. Quotes from well known educators, lawyers etc. express their position.
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  • Daryl Bambic on 24 Nov 10
     
    Excellent site Sara.
  • mira ahmad on 24 Nov 10
     
    Sara! I like this site a lot. Firstly, I wasn't aware about the Hippocratic Oath, so I was really enlightened while reading this information. And your right, the hippocratic oath has a lot to do with euthanasia (and assisted suicide). In addition to this, clear arguments that are for and against euthanasia are in this site which help enlarge my ideas.
  • Catherine Delisle on 24 Nov 10
     
    Sara, this is a great web site that explains the justice side of euthanasia and the moral aspects of it. Doctors do go against the Hippocratic Oath, which is a great point. I wasn't aware that this oath existed, but it enlightened my idea about the justice aspect of this subject. This makes a great argument.
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What's Wrong with Taxation? - Tibor R. Machan - Mises Daily - 2 views

mises.org/1103 taxation wrong philosophy cons
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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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Arguments Against Euthanasia - 2 views

www.euthanasia.com/rgumentsagainsteuthanasia.html
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      Catherine Delisle on 24 Nov 10
       
      This web site is very informative for my team and I because it explains many credible arguments against euthanasia. First of all, it explains in detail the terms "terminally ill", which is often used as a reason to help someone commit suicide. Secondly, they talk about euthanasia being a way for the government to save money. Physicians have been allowed cash bonuses if they do not provide care for patients in the United States. This means that doctors could influence patients to go through with the 'treatment' only because they get more money from it. Third point is that at one point, if we legalize euthanasia, they would be mesmerized by the idea of death and will be influenced by the outside world. The fourth and last point is that euthanasia is a rejection of the importance and value of human life. With euthanasia, no one's life is being saved. We are just taking people's lives away.
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Why teens are prone to drug addiction - The Times of India - 2 views

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  • why adolescents are more vulnerable to drug addiction, behavioural disorders, and other psychological ills.
  • adolescent brains react to rewards with far greater excitement than adult brains.
  • a greater degree of disorganization in adolescent brains.
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  • At the time of reward, nearly one-third of adolescent neurons became excited (shown in red) though the level of inhibition (in blue) changed marginally. Adult neurons registered much higher inhibitory activity and less excitation.
  • The extreme difference in brain activity provides a possible physiological explanation as to why teenagers are more prone than adults to rash behaviour, addiction, and mental diseases
  • The type of erratic activity in the cortex that she and Sturman observed could aggravate these conditions at a time when the maturing brain is vulnerable.
  • "This could intensify the effect of reward on decision making and answer several questions regarding adolescent behaviour,
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Science, Pseudo-science, and Falsifiability - 2 views

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  • Matthew Schaffer on 17 May 12
     
    This site is credible because it is a text written by the man himself, Karl Popper. 
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Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishmen... - 2 views

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  • Daryl Bambic on 03 Nov 10
     
    Super site Steven. You need to add a sticky note to your site.
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Animal Rights Uncompromised: Caged Birds | PETA.org - 1 views

www.peta.org/...caged-birds.aspx
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  • steven bloom on 23 Nov 10
     
    This website talks about how we kill birds for no point. For examples when birds are smuggled into the Usa they have their wings clipped and their beaks shut so we can cram them in tight. Then the 20 percent of birds who survive and are over 8 weeks old are put in a cage for eternity. They have no contact and die alone. Can you imagine having no contact after eight weeks of birth to me that sounds like torture. All the information was provided by the Los Angeles times a notable newspaper.
  • Daryl Bambic on 24 Nov 10
     
    This is the same site.
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UN Investigator Urges Probe of Alleged US Torture | CommonDreams.org - 1 views

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  • Nowak, an Austrian human rights lawyer who has been U.N. special rapporteur on torture for six years, called for an investigation of all allegations of U.S. torture and collusion with states that use torture since the fight against militants began in earnest after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001.
  • Nowak also reiterated calls by him and other U.N. officials for the Obama administration to investigate reports from reams of leaked military documents showing U.S. troops killed Iraqi civilians or ignored prisoner abuse by Iraqis.
  • "What we need is a full investigation into torture practices by U.S. officials -- whether it's military officials, CIA officials or private security companies," he said, adding it should include those "who willingly and knowingly handed over detainees to other states" that torture. An ideal probe, Nowak said, would be conducted by a special prosecutor or panel of international experts.
  • Mason Brenhouse on 02 Nov 10
     
    Changes in the US torture policies. An Austrian human rights lawyer named Manfred Nowak works for the U.N. as a special rapporteur and has been doing so for six years. Nowak wants to have a full scale investigation done on what exactly is happening regarding their policies on torture. He questions exactly what the Obama administration is doing and hopes for an investigation. 
  • Kelsey Adams on 03 Nov 10
     
    I am so happy you found this information because after reading how U.S troops killed iraqi civilians and ignored prisoner abuse, I was in total shock. Nowak is doing a great thing fighting for the rights of humans because no one deserves torture, it only makes matters worse.
  • Ali Goldman on 03 Nov 10
     
    Manfred Nowak is trying to accomplish an amazing task and I greatly agree with what he is doing. I hope that this investigation happens regarding the policies of torture. Hopefully was can also see what Obama's administration is doing. Torture is never the answer.
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Visual of how many animals are killed per year under cruel measures - 1 views

www.animalsuffering.com/animal-cruelty.php
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  • Kelsey Adams on 23 Nov 10
     
    This website gives an amazing visual as to how many animals are killed per year using awful and inhumane measures.
  • Daryl Bambic on 24 Nov 10
     
    Stay away from the sensational, as tempting as it seems, and build RATIONAL arguments.
  • Daryl Bambic on 30 Nov 10
     
    Why do you want or even need visual? That will not help build any rational arugment.
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Turkeys: Factory-Farmed Torture on the Holiday Table | PETA.org - 1 views

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  • More than 273 million turkeys are raised for food every year in the U.S.; about 79 million of them are slaughtered and eaten for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.(8,9) Before ending up as holiday centerpieces, these gentle birds spend five to six months on factory farms, where thousands of turkeys are packed into dark sheds with no more than 3.5 square feet of space per bird.(10) To keep the extremely crowded birds from scratching and pecking each other to death, workers cut off portions of the birds’ toes and upper beaks with hot blades and desnood the males (the snood is the flap of skin that runs from the beak to the chest).(11) No painkillers are used during these procedures.
  • Genetic manipulation and antibiotics enable farmers to produce heavily muscled birds who can weigh 35 pounds in as little as five months, and “their internal organs are noticeably crammed together in the little bit of space remaining for the body cavity,
  • a stress-induced condition that causes young birds to simply stop eating.
  • Kelsey Adams on 23 Nov 10
     
    This website explains how turkeys are tortured in small dark factories until they are all stuffed up and prepared to be slaughtered.
  • Daryl Bambic on 24 Nov 10
     
    Highlight the important parts.
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U.S. Animal Death Statistics (Farmed Animals) | HumaneSpot.org - 1 views

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  • This report estimates that 10,378 million land animals will be killed for food in 2007, including 39 million cows, 121 million pigs, 4 million sheep and goats, 10 million rabbits, 317 million turkeys, 28 million ducks, 9 billion "broilers" chickens and 450 million "layer" hens
  • Kelsey Adams on 23 Nov 10
     
    This site gives us an approximation of how many farm animals are killed each year for food. According to the website (http://hubpages.com/hub/Fur-Farms-Torture-Chambers-and-Slaughter-Houses) over 31 million animals are killed each year in farm factories (abusive factories).
  • Daryl Bambic on 24 Nov 10
     
    This website has restricted access and I don't recommend it.
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Canada Accused of Torture Collusion - Huffington Post - 1 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...cused-of-torture_b_375133.html
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    • Catherine Delisle
      Catherine Delisle on 02 Nov 10
       
      In 2002 and 2006, Canada was instensly pressured by Washington to drag 2500 combat troops to the war in Afghanistan, which Canada did. They were then accused of their involvement in torture in the Afghan torture. Richard Colvin, who is a Canadian diplomat, revealed that the government has been sending Afghan prisoner to the secret police of the Kabul government, where prisoners are tortured and executed. Canada claims that they were unaware that Afghan prisons were being used as torture centers by the Communists. These tortures included many horrible things such as burning, beating, raping, sexual humiliations, though Canada claims to be unaware of this even if the Amnesty International and the Red Cross warned Ottawa that the prisoners that Canada was sending were being treated this way. Yet, they kept sending this prisoners over to the Afghan NDS, which is a violation of the Geneva Convection and human rights.
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