Holmes Affirmation Of Life

"Everything can be taken from man but ?the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." In this, Frankl discusses how different men chose different attitudes. Some remained descent, while others chose to become sadistic. He explains that it is the condition or the atmosphere that forces man to make this decision but that the condition or atmosphere does not make the decision. Each person has to decide what attitude to adopt. As Frankl further explains "there is also purpose in life which is almost barren of both creation and enjoyment and which admits of but one possibility of high moral behavior: namely, in man's attitude to his existence restricted by external forces."

This declaration reflects my firm, informed, and settled commitment to refuse life-sustaining medical care and treatment under the circumstances that are indicated below.

According to Simon Jenkins, a writer for the British newspaper The Guardian, states that “there cannot be a human freedom so personal as ordering the circumstances of one's own death...[yet]... the near universal desire ‘to be allowed to die in my own home’ is willfully disregarded” (Jenkins 1). By allowing yourself to have life, one would assume that this gives you freedom over other aspects of your existence, including when it should end. By denying the rights to achieve liberty, achieve happiness, and define our lives, are we not denying the rights governments around the world were founded on? It is the denial of these rights that allows the mental stress felt by patients to turn into physical pain.

In an article describing the end of patient’s lives and what physician-assisted suicide would mean to patients, the writers stated that “[p]atients nearing the end of life want control over their bodies and their lives as a ‘small measure of self preservation,’ they noted” (Alexi, Block Wright). The knowledge that you hold and control your life and everything it stands for in the palm of your hands is a goal that everyone seeks in some point in their lives. For instance, many consider control over one’s death a sign of self-fulfillment and the ultimate happiness. Physician-assisted suicide would give terminally ill patients, people whose bodies are giving out on them, a chance to reach contentment and peace. Furthermore, the lethal dose that ends the patient’s life symbolizes the start of a happier era in which their troubles end with them. Also, the ability to pursue happiness as long as it is not impeding on anyone else’s life is a right that comes with citizenship in the U.S. Another article that illustrates the right to physician-assisted suicide states that “[as] medical science progresses and new methods become available for keeping people alive longer, a patient’s right to refuse medical treatment should be protected” (DiLascio, Pawlick). DiLascio and Pawlick are stating that patients should have the right to physician-assisted

True integrity manifests itself into those who have sought and successfully claimed redemption without fear. Such quality is demonstrated throughout the entirety of Arthur Miller 's, The Crucible, as Miller emphasizes that even the most kind-hearted people, could commit ruinous acts when involved with false accusations/hysteria. A complete contradiction is present in Flannery O’Connor’s “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” due to the lack of integrity and fear protagonist, Tom Shiftlet possesses. Throughout The Crucible and “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”, motifs of integrity, fear and lack of both are prevalent throughout the plot of the narrations and are used

I believe in human equality. No race, nor religion should define who you are or how you are treated. It doesn’t matter what someone looks like, it matters how you look at them. I put my mind to anything and I can do it and I know I can without a doubt. Nobody would ever think of marrying a man or woman of color, I mean nobody, but I went off to New York, left my Jewish family behind, and married a man of color, Andrew Dennis McBride. With him I had 8 out of my 12 children, they all became successful, teachers, doctors, musicians, and professors. All very creative and talented people, these children were my achievements in life and I am proud, extremely proud.

Tuesday July, 14th the lawyers in the aurora theater shooting of 2012 made the final appeals to the jury. The Prosecutors told jurors on Tuesday that James Holmes was legally sane when he entered the crowded movie theater, armed with a pistol, an assault rifle, and a shotgun with the intent on killing as many people as he could. His defense lawyer Daniel King went on to counter that Holmes was under the control of his schizophrenia. In their closing arguments they spent a lot of time recapping old things and going back and forth. On the prosecutors side they argued that two state appointed forensic psychiatrists had evaluated James and determined that he was legally sane, despite severe mental illness. Then the defense called their own psychiatrists

In the United States cancer patients and other very ill patients are dying of agony. They are being denied the right to an assist in killing themselves with a lethal drug so they can die without agony. One piece of evidence is many people do not want their last days to be plagued by the loss of physical and mental abilities (“Death, Dignity and California”). Patients dying from cancer and other diseases like ALS cannot help the agony. They would much rather not spend their last days in agony but rather be assisted in killing themselves. Another piece of evidence is “Right-To-Death laws do not impose death on the very sick. Rather, they allow people who face imminent death to do so peacefully and without agony. Society should not rob them of that right” (“Death, Dignity and California”). In this quote it shows that society is robbing them of a right that they should have. Which is giving cancer patients and other very ill patients the right to a lethal drug. In the United States patients should be able to do what they want with their body and be able to be given lethal drug if they

"The Gift of Life" is a book written by Bonnie Glass-Coffin. This book is a make up from what Ms. Glass-Coffin experienced while she was in Peru. She observed male and female shamans who did many different types of healing rituals. Ms. Glass-Coffin stated that she believes that women shamans are more often know to involve their patients into what they are doing in their healings where as men get in and out to do the fight. In this though I will be looking at an overview of the chapters and going into some detail about what that chapter was about or explaining.

The Christian faith goes back thousands of years, and has acquired a strong system of devout followers from all different walks of life. The big question regarding Christianity is whether or not there really is a God. Many have set out to disprove Christianity, including one of the major theorists Charles Darwin with his belief in evolution. Unlike in the evolution theory, faith plays a huge part in the Christian religion and without it they really rely on nothing. Can there be a valid belief system without evidence? Christianity falls short of being logical because of its lack of evidence, inadequate reasoning, and harm it causes to believers.

In “Is It Unjust to Develop Life Extension if It Will Not Be Possible to Provide It to Everyone?”, John Davis argues on the fact on whether or not we should develop life extension if it won’t bet fairly distributed amongst our society. Davis believes that the rich will most likely have access to life extension before the poor, which creates the issue of unequal access to life extension. In this essay, I will be siding with Davis’ argument, as there should be no reason to develop and research life extension if we cannot make it available to everyone at once.

The documentary, Life 2.0, is about the online platform, Second Life. The name of the world is pretty self-explanatory; it allows users to create an avatar and do any of the things that are possible in the real world; only this is virtual. Mike Hale from the New York Times reviewed this documentary, writing both good and bad things about it. Rik Panganiban, also known as rikomatic on his blog and other online forums, saw Life 2.0 and was not a fan.

Another thing paired with life purpose is responsibility. One thing that Frankl says is that freedom must be paired with responsibility. In this I believe Frankl is saying that the freedom of life is congruent to having a responsibility of keeping the life purpose alive. I agree with Frankl. I think part of living is to be responsible in

From Mill’s perspective, the person volunteering for euthanasia has a liberty to do what he/she wants. Mill has written that if the person does not cause harm to others, it is the person’s right, or liberty, to do what they please. If a person wants euthanasia, then that person has the sole liberties to choose such an act, and depart society and life. Nobody is being other than the person wishing it, and it is a volunteered act.

"Only under the threat and pressure of death does it make sense to do what we can and should, right now. That is, to make proper use of the moment's offer of a meaning to