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    Ethical dilemma is an issue that has no satisfactory resolution. A conflict between two ethical standards and situations can result in ethical dilemma. The ethical behavior of an individual is determined by the cultural norms and the societal norms. This develops a sense of right and wrong which helps in decision making. Failure to make proper decision due to ethical conflict results in ethical dilemma. This is a critical decision making criteria that create the complex situation in the patient’s

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    presents the story of a bourgeois, middle-aged French man, George, who receives anonymous tapes. This makes him recall his childhood memory of an Algerian boy, Majid. Majid’s parents worked in George’s house but died in the massacre on 17th Oct., 1961 when the French police killed more than 200 Algerians. After Majid lost his parents, George’s parents originally planned to adopt him. However, as George was the only child in his family, he was afraid of letting Majid enter the family. He set up a

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    For many of us, suicide is an emotionally laden, fear-provoking human tragedy. Even people, who have attempted suicide, often cannot adequately explain their wish to die. Suicide is so perplexing to us because it is incongruent. Reasons and actions of people who commit suicide do not add up. In many cases, suicide does not seem to make sense. Case in point, Marilyn Monroe; what on earth could cause a person who had everything one could want, to commit suicide? It is not that we have not known

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    of the means of production and class differences were abolished for good. Durkheim Durkheim created theories based on different aspects of society but the three main concepts were the concept of solidarity, theory of knowledge and the theory of suicide. Solidarity is a concept that was used by Durkheim in the division of labor to look at the overall unity of a given society and the mechanisms of social cohesion which create this unity. According to Durkheim he defined solidarity as the system of

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    Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway had been an exquisite writer since the early to mid 1900’s. With an upbringing of a hard-working man who had been a journalist in World War 1 and loved to travel. He suffered from many injuries later in his life, but pushed through it. From it all, this created a strong man and writer with extremely meaningful, and well-known pieces. Hemingway fought through extreme obstacles to become what he always desired, a writer; as seen in his struggles of war, women, and

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    the play. Becket’s play, waiting for Godot is a direct opposite of what the Greek tragedy presents. Instead of order, his view of the world is full of chaos. The characters do not derive any meaning out of life. There are several attempts to commit suicide since Vladimir and Estragon lack the essence of living. The actions of man become senseless, useless and absurd (Batty et al, 38). Structure in the two plays has a great variation. As a representative of a traditional play, Oedipus the king takes

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    In many parts of the world females still have very little rights. Indeed, equality between men and women have been accepted by the majority of the developed countries, but developing countries still struggle to see women as equals to men, and India is one of the worst. Currently, the Indian National Congress Party is only 10% female, limiting the say women get. In India, women are definitely not seen as equals to men are being treated like second rate citizens. It also really says something about

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    and turned into even a sex symbol. August 5, 1962, is a day many humans remember as it turned into the day Marilyn Monroe changed into observed lifeless in her domestic. Many human beings mourned that day and still do now. Her demise was reported suicide from an overdose of barbiturates, but until these days many data do not add up on the days earlier than and after her demise. At some stage in Marilyn Monroe's personal lifetime, her reputation as a fragile but charismatic beauty took the world by

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    because although there is a lot of significant public support6 euthanasia, doctors are still being punished when they choose to help their patients with ending their lives when they choose to do so. There is a Nigerian case which involves R. v. Johnson (1961), where the presiding judge said that “I accept the fact that what you did (euthanize the patient) was done without thought for yourself but out of compassion for the child.”7 However in the end, Dr. Johnson was still found guilty and imprisoned for

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    Jim Jones

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    “Don't drink the kool-aid” is a phrase that was coined after the mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana on November 18, 1978. James (Jim) Jones was a religious leader of the People’s Temple cult and is responsible for more the deaths of 909 men, women, and children through a mass suicide using cyanide-laced grape punch. Aided by his high IQ and his manipulative ways, Jones was able to carry out his communist goals. Jones managed to wipe out 909 people overnight which lands him a well earned spot in history

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