Personhood Refereed As Self Awareness Theory

This argument that the clones are actually humans who are being stripped of their identities can be supported by exploring the Hailsham school and how the students

Native Americans believed that we are and should be one with Mother Nature. Many believes stem from them being so Intune with the wind, ground, tress/plants and animals. They believe that everything is connected and to be fully connected they needed to have these special ceremonies. These ceremonies included peyote and strong tobaccos to reach true enlightenment and to become one with yourself. Also in these ceremonies you typically are on a journey to find yourself or see things you need to strengthen within yourself. Since I have started mediating and looking further in depth about meditating, I have learned that many feel that you cannot reach true enlightenment in ordinary consciousness. I believe that this “ordinary consciousness” is somewhat

In Never Let Me Go there is no brutality or “secret special police unit”, the tragedy happens quietly. The lives of clones are carefully planned; first Hailsham, Cottages, then becoming a carer and finally a donor. Sense of the powerlessness of the individuals in the face of the inevitable fate is emphasized throughout the whole novel. The reader keep waiting for even one of the donors to rebel, but it never happens - no matter how terrible things get, no one ever shows any outrage against the system. Instead, they cling to the only ray of hope they have – the deferrals (deferring for three or four years before getting killed), but it soon turns out to be non-existent. Clones simply reconcile with their fate and face death without putting much of a fight for their right to live. It is a society in which human resources (harvesting clones for their organs) are widely

In the novel, Person Vs. Illness is the main conflict which is not resolved throughout the story. Hazel Grace, the main character, suffers from cancer and it determines the way she lives her life. The ِanother conflict that is Dissident from Person Vs. Illness is Person Vs. Self. Hazel Grace decides to keep people away from her because of her illness. She compares herself to a grenade because she believes that she can harm her beloved ones when she dies because of cancer. This conflict is solved throughout the story when she falls in love with a guy she meets at Support Group, Augustus Waters. She becomes unable to control her feelings towards him, and soon she becomes his girlfriend. Getting in love with Augustus later brings another conflict,

“Explain Singer's distinction between sentience and self-consciousness, and what the distinction implies for the moral status of animals. Do you believe non-human animals have the same or a different moral status to human animals? Explain the basis of your answer.”

The movie Becoming Human by Nova. I chose this movie because like how they used the technology we have today to try and digitally create the fossils. The film also explained everything they could which is important for viewers that need a push or nudge to open their mind to evolution. Another thing I liked about the film was that it was worded carefully enough for any person with a basic education could watch it and understand it. I feel like that was the purpose of the film to break down such a complicated topic so anyone can understand it and open their mind to evolution. Which I also think was the message that we did evolved but not directly from monkeys like though before. Throughout the whole movie they backed up all the hypothesis they

In a planet consisting of over six billion humans, finding individuality in oneself becomes an arduous task. There exists in man the desire to be recognized by others as an individual with specifically positive qualities. Therefore, based on the labels assigned to him, he creates his desired persona. This concept is exemplified in Rewriting the Soul by Ian Hacking through his theory of the looping effect, which portrays a cycle of mutual changes based on the influence of classifications and those classified. Humans are given labels and thus act appropriately to either maintain the favorable labels or diminish those which appear negative. This creates a fabrication based on the influence of others rather than a true self. The mimicry of

Mahanoor Khan AP English, Block 5 Mrs. Schuet 09 January 2015 1. Title and Author: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 2. Summary: The novel follows the unusual life of a clone named Kathy as she struggles with the concept of identity, relationships, and her unusual scientific characteristic. She attends the "school" of Hailsham, The Cottages, and works as carer before she becomes donor. Kathy is reflecting on her teenage years when she, her friend Ruth, and her love-interest Tommy struggle with their relationships.

How did it feel? Nice, or strange, or both? A little fear step in? Your ego came rampaging in with the thought they must think I am strange, or crazy, or did I turn the oven off, or I wish I fixed my hair, or am I after them, or are they after me, or what are they thinking about me, I hope they don’t think I am gay, or ….

The client’s role is to make sure they will commit to therapy. Client needs to be aware that the treatment will be a long term and in order for the client to see a positive outcomes client needs to participate in therapy. Client should talk to her counselor if she does not feel comfortable with the theory or with the long term treatment. If a client does not agree then it is the responsibility of the client to talk to the counselor if they do not wish to continue with the services.

I recognized I was “other” at the age of 4 and 17. I was tease about my accent entering into pre-school and mocked in college. I’m from a Jamaican Descent, we speak “patios” and it was a language spoken in my household growing up. I never forgot where my family came from and our family kept us cultural linked to our heritage. As a child, I never understood which made me feel uncomfortable about my accent. My surrounding grew cultural diverse and was economically embraced. Growing up, everybody wanted to be Jamaican. It was a cultural shock attending Alabama State University in the south. Though I was mocked, southern loved how I spoke and became memorized by my voice. I understood young that people are brought up differently, view life differently, reacts differently and respond differently.

In an advanced, rapidly altering society the concept of what it means to be alive and human is constantly evolving along with technology. This illustrated in the movie Never Let Me Go’s articulation of existential concepts such as, the balance between independent decisions and having a preordained purpose. The story is set in an alternate reality manifestation of the 1970’s, in which clones are utilized as a means of curing life threatening diseases. The plot of the movie predominately focuses on the protagonist Kathy H’s relationship with her friends Tommy and Ruth in various stages of her life. Furthermore Kathy along with her friends are clones raised in a progressive school referred to as Hailsham.

What makes an individual themselves as a whole? Every single person experiences things for themselves whether it be happiness, love, fear, or even loss. These experience allow us to function as a person but also as a society. In the story of Nine Lives, cloning become a means to fix humans population crysis. Cloning has it benefits being efficiency and fluidity of the clones work ethic and thoughts, but this process takes away everything that makes a person be able to function as an individual being. Cloning in essence is the copying of human DNA to make a more perfect coterie to achieve a goal, but i believe that it is unethical to take away a humans identity and individuality. Thus, outlined by Nine Lives, cloning should not be used because

The theory of psychological egoism is indeed plausible. The meaning of plausible in the context of this paper refers to the validity or the conceivability of the theory in question, to explain the nature and motivation of human behavior (Hinman, 2007). Human actions are motivated by the satisfaction obtained after completing a task that they are involved in. For example, Mother Teresa was satisfied by her benevolent actions and activities that she spent her life doing. As Hinman (2007) points out, she was likely to reduce in activity if she experienced any dissatisfaction in her endeavors.

As Descartes once said, “ Cogito ergo sum” , which translates I think therefore I am, advocates rationalization implies one's existence.(Stanford Encyclopedia) Historical myths advocate that human race attained existence when they rationally challenged the Divine who created them. One could argue that the whole purpose of existence is to progress through rational thinking . An individual embraces their true self with the help of the intellect. The Divine has bestowed upon the individual the freedom to disobey, go against, and even retaliate against irrational laws and morals. If one does not utilize the freedom of retaliation, an individual betrays their true nature of the self. If an individual gives into societal compliance and