Essays on Consenting

The ethical issue is derived from whether doctors should have hard paternalism over patient autonomy when a decision could negatively affect the patient’s health goals. Some of the pertinent ethical facts in the case of whether Mrs. B may be taken off of life support is as followed:

Does Mrs.B have a living will and has her daughter inquired for it? If Mrs. B has a living will, some state’s jurisdiction will insist that any directions in it must not be compromised by her daughter's decisions.  Does Mrs. B's condition render the requirements necessary to prompt the ...

1. What is the proper case citation for the case?

The proper case citation for this case is R. v. J.A. 2011 SCC 28. (It is a neutral citation). This is a criminal law decision of the Supreme Court of Canada regarding consent in cases of sexual assault.

2. Who is the Respondent and who is the Appellant?

J.A. is the Respondent while Her Majesty The Queen is the Appellant.

3. Name all the levels of court (full proper names) involved in the case.

Court of Appeals for Ontario Trial Court of Canada

4. How many SCC justices heard the ...

In the case of Lawrence V Texas, two men were arrested by the police in their searches for arms. They were arrested for engaging in sex that was against the laws of the land. According to the police, it was reported that, the two men were engaging in anal sex. Homosexuality was not legalized than in any state. When they were paraded before a court of law, the accused individuals agreed to the charges that implicated them of the crime. However, they contended that, their acts were protected under the provisions underpinning the fourteenth amendment. In the light of the ...

Introduction

There are conditions in which medical treatment is provided either forcefully or without informed consent. There are plenty of such incidents arising with patients suffering from personality disorders, dementia and even with cancer treatment for non-consenting minors. There are some fundamental questions that arise regarding the existing law. A minor, who has little understanding and intelligence about the cancer treatment, cannot comprehend fully as to what is involved in their treatment. Anyone aged 16-17 is supposed to be deciding the consent for their treatment. There was a case of a child patient who was severely mentally and physically disabled child, ...

Who are state and Non-state Actors in International Relations?

International relations require the action of state and non-state actors to become a reality. These actors may be any entities or individuals who play a role in facilitating international relations. There are two types of actors: states and non-state actors. States are the major players in international relations, but they are also greatly influenced by non-state actors. Non-state actors are organizations, institutions or individuals that have strong political, social, and economic power that enables them to influence relations at both the national and international level. However, they do not identify with any country. Cunningham and Pearlman define non-state actors as “an organized ...

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An impassioned plea by the Mattachine Society Started in 1950, by Harry Hay and Rudy Gernreich in Los Angeles, the Mattachine society was probably one of the earliest formal organizations that came up for the cause of supporting the activities of homosexual men. The society led pioneering causes in the study as well as creating a legal framework conducive to the homosexuals. One of their primary objectives was to ensure stopping of persecution of homosexual men. The Mattachine society initially out of Los Angeles spread its wings and a number of chapters came ...

Introduction

Army recruiters have continued to strategize on how to maximize recruitment of officers from the public. However, majority of their target group is high school students who have completed and graduated with a diploma. In fact, they went ahead to create a database with all the personal information of individuals aged between 16 – 25 years. This may imply intrusion of privacy of their target groups, most of which are high school students and a few who have graduated. This even went over board when the 2002 act of “No child left behind” was passed. The act required that all beneficiaries of federal ...

Every citizen of the United States cherishes the American Dream of being free and equal within his or her heart. Keeping this dream in mind, it may seem that equal rights for homosexuals are being justly supported in the American society. However, when members of this society are asked about the opinion about homosexual marriage, it seems that the American society is not truly in favor of gay equality as it may appear to be. The recently debated public votes showed that most of Americans voted for the Constitutional Amendment, which bans homosexual marriage. Ironically, all of these Americans ...

Philosophy

Any government claiming to be democratically elected and representing the people should stay as far away from issues morality as possible. This is because there are as many versions of morality as there are the number of people the government is representing. Every citizen has their own version of morality and to try to force a certain moral alignment on the people would be an infringement of their liberties. There are however certain moral conventions that cut across the line and are recognized by each citizen for example each citizen with a sane mind knows it is wrong to kill another ...

Bowers vs Hardwick and Lawrence vs Texas were considered to be the landmark cases involving the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the application of sodomy law in the United States among homosexuals. The court reverses its decision in Bowers, upholding the rights of homosexuals to perform consensual act of sodomy in the State in the Lawrence case. This is a clear abandonment of the Supreme Court on the doctrine of stare decis which according to the Legal Information Institute (2010) means “stand by the things decided.” According to the Georgia Code, sodomy is a sexual act punishable where a person ...

Thesis statement: Whichever way we look at it, underage marriages are not right, and they should be abolished in every country once and for all. - Body Paragraph

Underage marriage is a violation of the rights of the young girl who gets married.

- The minor does not get involved in the marriage negotiations which contravenes the spirit of marriage. - Apart from being denied education, the girl suffers domestic violence. - Body Paragraph

Underage marriage means early motherhood and a large family as a consequence.

- Large families perpetuate a circle of poverty. - Limited resources for the family. - Counter Argument Underage marriages should be respected. Abolishing them could be interpreted to mean interfering with people’s culture. ...

ABSTRACT

In the 19th Century, when John Stuart Mill and his conservative enemy Cardinal John Henry Newman were politically and intellectual active, it was simply a given that the law would enforce Christian or Biblical morality of social and cultural matters like abortion, homosexuality, drug use, euthanasia and suicide, pornography and a wide variety of other issues. Indeed, this had always been the case in Britain, the U.S. and other Western nations in ways that would be all but unthinkable today. Even at that time, though, Cardinal Newman was already afraid that the religious authorities were losing their traditional political and legal ...

The history of United States dates back in years where some of the founding fathers sacrificed a lot in terms of their resources just to ensure peace and justice. One of the defining moments in the history of United States was 4 July 1776. This was a time when some thirteen states declared their freedom from the British rule, which was considered brutal. We shall be focusing on the events that led to the declaration of the independence and the people who have been a source of inspiration to the history of America. Thesis: Thomas Jefferson and the founding fathers adopted the ...

Consensual Relationship Agreements

Introduction

A consensual relationship agreement is a contractual document signed between coworkers involved in romantic relationships. Employers use these contracts to make the relationship public. Consensual relationship agreements are used for several objectives. The contracts protect employers from litigation in case the relationship between coworkers goes sour. The contract also provides legal protection for the coworkers involved in the relationship, and third parties such as colleagues who are victims of favoritism due to romantic relationships. However, CRAs infringe on employee privacy by employers. Even though contract is signed voluntarily, the employees compromise their private life and the employer can easily ...

Marriage is defined as a social union between two consenting adults to make public their decision to be together as husband and wife. The two people in such a union are called spouses and they hence forth become members of one family. The union is legally recognized by the state in which the spouses marry. Traditionally marriage was between a man and woman. In consummating the union the couple would be able to bear children. This was seen as a fruit of their union.

Homosexuality is defined as the unswerving physical and emotional appeal, to someone of similar sex. A homosexual union is ...

Amongst the various sources of finance, like sale of financial instruments, or even borrowing loans from banks and other financial institutions, a very popular method is lease or lease financing, that is defined by the Leases Exposure Draft of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) & Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) as “a contract in which the right to control the use of a specified asset (the underlying asset) is conveyed to a customer, for a period of time (throughout the lease term), in exchange for some consideration (periodic rental payments), if the customer has the ability to direct the use, and receive benefit ...

Abstract

Discrimination at the work place as a result of sex orientation is a common occurrence in virtually all countries. Hiring, promotion and employee identification are in most cases biased on one’s sexual orientation making homosexuality and same-sex marriages an important issue with regards to employment today. Homosexuality and same-sex marriage, however, do not have a rich history as there is avowedly very little about them in the past. The two are nonetheless some of the most hotly debated issues currently; debates that have seen the enactment of several laws in the world over that either prohibit or allow homosexuality and same ...