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mira ahmad

CBC News - Canada - The fight for the right to die - 1 views

www.cbc.ca/...f-assisted-suicide.html

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  • If I cannot give consent to my own death, whose body is this? Who owns my life?
    • mira ahmad
      mira ahmad on 20 Nov 10
       
      This quote said by Ms. Rodriguez states that she is in charge of her own body and should be allowed to make her own decisions. Why should the law overpower her personal decisions that affect her?
  • In Canada, as in most countries, assisted suicide is illegal. But there seems to be a growing movement toward changing the law in many parts of the world.
    • mira ahmad
      mira ahmad on 20 Nov 10
       
      The Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland are the only countries where euthanasia are permitted. In Canada, one who commits assisted suicide can get up to 14 years in prison.
  • individuals should be able to control the time and circumstances of their own death
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  • The Criminal Code of Canada outlaws suicide assistance, with penalties of up to 14 years in prison
  • mira ahmad on 20 Nov 10
     
    Sue Rodriguez was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, a fatal and painful disease. She fought to the Supreme Court of Canada to obtain the right to commit assisted suicide, but lost twice. She ended up committing assisted suicide with the help of an anonymous physician.
  • Catherine Delisle on 24 Nov 10
     
    This website is very credible. It also contains a lot of information. What I really like about it is the fact that it not only gives you an example to prove your point, but it also contains a lot of points to build a case for euthanasia. This website pointed some of the most interesting points for your case, which will help me refute during our debate.
  • sara tsapekis on 24 Nov 10
     
    I really like this website, because it gave a couple personal situations involving euthanasia, which allowed me to understand why someone might want euthanasia to be legal. The site also contains a lot of information including what the law in Canada and the U.S. was for euthanasia, and clearly explained why it is an issue. There are aspects in the text that favor euthanasia and others that explain why it should not be legal.
sara tsapekis

Euthanasia: The Right to Die - 1 views

diigo.com/0du3g

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  • sara tsapekis on 24 Nov 10
     
    The woman that wrote the text had to watch her mother go through excruciating pain for a year because she was suffering from cancer. Although this text on euthanasia is her opinion, I find this site interesting because she speaks from experience, of course not going through euthanasia, but watching someone very close to her not get euthanasia. She would have liked her mother to get euthanasia in order for the pain to stop. That experience makes her opinion all the more understandable.
Chrissy Le

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.
sara tsapekis

Do euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide violate the Hippocratic Oath? - Euthanasia... - 2 views

euthanasia.procon.org/view.answers.php

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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.
Catherine Delisle

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.
Mason Brenhouse

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.
steven bloom

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.
steven bloom

Why Animal Rights? | PETA.org - 1 views

www.peta.org/...why-animal-rights.aspx

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  • steven bloom on 23 Nov 10
     
    This website talks about why animals should have rights. The main idea is by the philosopher Jeremy Bentam who founded teh untilinariam school. He says when making a being right we do not consider if they can reason or talk we consider if they can sufffer. For animals the answer if yes thus we should have animal rights
  • Daryl Bambic on 24 Nov 10
     
    Please highlight relevant parts of the site.
Chrissy Le

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.
mira ahmad

CBC News In Depth: Robert Latimer - 1 views

www.cbc.ca/...latimer

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  • Tracy was in constant, excruciating pain yet, for reasons not entirely clear, could not be treated with a painkiller stronger than Tylenol.
  • Noble also described Latimer's relationship with Tracy as "that of a loving and protective parent" who wanted to end his daughter's suffering.
  • Tracy Latimer's murder a "rare act of homicide that was committed for caring and altruistic reasons.
  • mira ahmad on 20 Nov 10
     
    Robert Latimer committed euthanasia to his daughter Tracy. She was a 12 year old who functioned at the level of a 3 month year old. She was in constant excruciating pain, could not talk, move or feed herself. Robert ended up getting charged with 1st degree murder, and after main court cases got sentenced to 14 years in prison.
vince chatigny-barbosa

Why animals have no rights - 0 views

www.youtube.com/watch

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  • vince chatigny-barbosa on 19 Nov 10
     
    Great video with a strong argument on why animals have no rights.
vince chatigny-barbosa

Why animals have no rights - 0 views

people.ucalgary.ca/...cohen.txt

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  • vince chatigny-barbosa on 19 Nov 10
     
    This text ultimately boils down to the fact that animals have no capacity of free moral judgement. Therefore, they exercise no rights.
dunya darwiche

Debate.org | Interrogators should have the legal right to torture terrorists. - 0 views

www.debate.org/...1

torture

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  • An interrogation is deliberately causing someone pain or anguish in order to extract information out of them.
  • Mind control drugs, sleep deprivation, good cop-bad cop techniques, and verbal intimidation are a few interrogation techniques that are currently legal.
  • Sometimes you have to do wrong thing for the right reason.
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  • chinese water method
  • Wouldn't the government have a moral duty to do whatever is necessary to get the information out of the suspect? Using violence to protect innocent people isn't morally wrong. It's self defense.
  • Water boarding
  • The Rack
  • Chinese Water Torture
  • "Truly Torture
  • New York Times Article entitled
dunya darwiche

When Is Torture Right? - Studies in Christian Ethics - 0 views

sce.sagepub.com/...383.abstract

torture

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  • torture remains a tool for interrogation, intimidation, and punishing.
Kelsey Adams

New York Times: Justice Dept. Report Advises Pursuing C.I.A. Abuse Cases - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...24detain.html

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  • Kelsey Adams on 09 Nov 10
     
    This article found in the New York Times discusses how the Department of Justice is finally bringing charges to the C.I.A for more that two dozen abuse cases of suspected terrorists.
Kelsey Adams

Why Torture is Wrong. - 0 views

plumblines.wordpress.com/...why-torture-is-wrong

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  • Kelsey Adams on 08 Nov 10
     
    This website is a description written by Jim Manzi one the utilitarians point of view as to why torture is wrong. This man is currently the chairman and managing director of Applied Predictive Technologies (a business analytics software company which is a contributing editor at the National Review), a senior worker at the Manhattan Institute, and a continuous blogger. In his writing based on a utilitarian case against torture, he describes how in no matter what was a person looks at torture, you will always be dehumanizing a human being.
Kelsey Adams

Why torture is always wrong. - 0 views

hubpages.com/...Why-Torture-is-Always-Wrong

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  • Kelsey Adams on 08 Nov 10
     
    This site is more of a blog post explaining various reasons as to why torture continues to look like a process that really does nothing for our societies. The blogger, "Thurstjm," even brings torture back to the topic of terrorism which is a constant discussion world wide.
Kelsey Adams

What is wrong with torture? - 0 views

atheism.about.com/...ook-notes-morality-matters.htm

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  • Kelsey Adams on 08 Nov 10
     
    This website is basically book notes from the book titled, "Morality Matters," by Roger Trigg. It gives us a detailed definition of torture and continuous to explain how the process or torturing in clearly ineffective.
sara tsapekis

Universal Declaration of Human Rights - 0 views

www.suite101.com/...ration-of-human-rights-a178701

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  • sara tsapekis on 08 Nov 10
     
    This site explains what the Universal Declaration is about, what rights it protects and why it was approved.
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