Essays on Drowning

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Technological development has been part of human being evolution and development since way back. Attempts to measuring technological development led theorist like Gerhard Lenski, Leslie white, and Alvin Toffler to develop arguments expounding on the discourse of technological development in relation to human evolution. Various aspects have played important roles in the development and progress of technology. As such, the article is going to examine three important aspects namely energy and information which have played important roles in the evolution and progress of technology for ages. Through the lenses of these theorist arguments, we will compare and contrast the ...

While thinking of people who have faced death courageously, the one name that keeps coming to mind is Paul Rossington, an Australian paramedic who leapt from a cruise liner soon after his girlfriend, Kristen Schroder, slipped and fell from the balcony of the cabin they were sharing. The decision of Mr. Rossington to jump over the balcony in a bid to save her girlfriend while knowing that his action would most likely end his life is a an epitome of selflessness. The fact that the two were in a turbulent relationship and the emergence of reports showing that their ...

In this July 2013 trial, George Zimmerman stood accused of the second-degree murder of teenager Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman had shot Martin in February 2012 after a confrontation between the two in Sanford, Florida. From the beginning, Zimmerman defense team did not deny that he had shot Martin but rather that he shot Martin in self-defense (Linder, 2014). Claiming self-defense is one of the fundamental principles of exculpation in criminal law. The theory underlying exculpation holds that in some situations although a person has otherwise acted criminally, their actions are justified and therefore should not be subject to punishment. In ...

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What is one of the major goals of art? Art reflects the society and a battle between the external world and the human inward. For instance, fashion is much more than just clothes; it is a reflection of a person through the prism of his mental world, knowledge, and emotion, and, what is more important, a way of communication. And photography, in turn, is also much more than just beautiful, or strange pictures. Given the subjective nature of its creation, what do photographs offer the viewer? Photography challenges the audience to search for truth, “in a fragmented, ...

The Drowning Girl is a major artistic work done by Roy Lichtenstein in 1963. The painting is sometimes referred to as “Secret Hearts” or simply “I Don’t Care. I’d Rather Sink.” It’s an oil painting done on canvas to depict some artistic information (Lobel 118). The painting in itself passes on a lot of information in regards to women’s emotions. Nonetheless, the book is ordinary as it uses the universally accepted conventions of comic books. Due to its uniqueness, it’s regarded as an iconic work and continues to play a crucial role in the ...

1. Introduction and statement of the problem Europe and European Union are facing one of the biggest migration and refugee problems after the history. The influxes of the migrants that are fleeing from the Middle Eastern and North African countries are risking their lives to reach the old continent. The deteriorating human rights, civil war, insecurity and abuses are forcing people to risk their lives on boats and long journeys. The majority of them are coming by boat which is increasing the threat of drowning that has reached alarming rates in the recent past. Based on the United Nations ...

Torture broadly defined is one of the most heinous things that humanity has concocted in its history. There is a reason why it has been classified as a war crime under the Geneva Conventions. Torture is a barbaric, inhuman practice, which has absolutely no place in the civilized world. Despite these simple truths, the Bush Administration in the prosecution of the Global War on Terror after the terrorist attacks of 9/11; resorted to the used of torture or what they euphemistically called “enhanced interrogation techniques.” The use of torture by the Bush Administration drew lots of moral reproach from ...

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Assignment Title “It’s basically the cause of, and solution to, everything that plagues our culture (Lovett 2014).” In his 2014 article for the Atlantic, The Culture of Shut Up, Jon Lovett, the former presidential speechwriter and producer of Newsroom bemoans that the internet has led to a collective regression of our speech into "vicious personal attacks" and "self-righteous calls for apology." He argues that the freedom of speech as guaranteed by the first amendment is under threat not by any overlord but by the cacophony of too many voices and opinions that the internet has provided everyone with. ...

Question 1

Female infanticide is one of the oldest practice in China. This practice is streamlined towards family planning in society. Female infanticide refers to the abandonment and killing of baby girls. This traditional practice is believed to have spanned for more than 2000 years. In fact, the practice is dated from Chinese antiquity (Mungello, 2008). The practice is traced to the abandonment of children during Zhou dynasty. The main causes of female infanticide in China are both cultural and material. Female infanticide was carried out through burying alive, poisoning, drowning, suffocation, stabbing, and strangulation. The practice started in China because ...

There is a sharp distinction between active and passive euthanasia. The former is the voluntary act of ending life or “mercy killing” while the latter is the cessation of the activities used to prolong a patient’s life. There have been strong debates concerning the moral permissibility of the active euthanasia. In this essay, I will present the arguments put forth by Rachels and Callahan concerning the issue and argue that the active voluntary euthanasia is not morally permissible. In his justification of the active voluntary euthanasia, James Rachels stands that judging from moral grounds active and passive euthanasia ...

Ordinary and extraordinary treatment has different meaning to different people. For those working in the medical profession, ordinary means standard treatment while extraordinary means non-standard treatment. When used by an ethicist, ordinary treatment will refer to those means of prolonging life which are morally acceptable by both the physician and patient preserving life and health. Extraordinarily relates to those means of treatment which are not morally acceptable. Standard treatment for a particular group of patients is more likely to be morally required than a non-standard treatment. In some cases, standard treatment may be not morally required for individual patients ...

Essay

Maldives is the country widely famous all over the world for its premium class resorts and unique tourist potential. To understand, why exactly tourism became an essential branch of industry for this country, we should take into consideration that, obviously, Maldives do not have much of the natural resources to extract, process, then export abroad and get profit. And, unlike Japan, also poor on natural resources, that had found the successful solution of the problem through the encouraging development of the advanced technologies; Maldives are only making first steps to the competitive higher education and democracy at all. Pretty ...

Function of Ophelia in the Plot of the Story

Ophelia is portrayed as an innocent girl who is faced with grief when her father dies as she is left talking in riddles and singing sorrowful songs. The grief Ophelia undergoes leads to her drowning in the end with suggestions that she might have killed herself. However, there is a disagreement with the sentiments of the clerics during the funeral event since Laertes, her brother believes that the innocent soul of Ophelia will be in heaven. The fact that her brother believes that she shall be in heaven further paints the picture of an innocent Ophelia. The Queen wishes ...

The issue of responsibility always stood acute in the minds of humanity. Throughout history, the fair division of responsibility was upon judges and rulers who decided what would be fair. Individual decisions without any systematic basis are not always fair, so there were made numerous attempts to give the answer to the question and resolve it once and for all. And while the cases where a group is responsible for an individual’s action seem more understandable and reasonable – Feinberg (1968, pp. 679-680), for example, even mentions the historical examples of collective responsibility, when the whole village was liable ...

There are various forms of utilitarianism, but all have similar fundamental tenets. It is critical to note that utilitarianism focuses on the consequences of the actions other than the character traits of the actor. Classical utilitarianism entails three major propositions. First, Mill and Bentham identified "good" with pleasure. In this regard, the intrinsic good is pleasure while inherent wrong is suffering. The nature of hedonism proposes that an action would be ethical if it yields pleasure as opposed to suffering. Although satisfaction is important, it cannot alone be sufficient to make logical decisions. The latter proposition leads to the ...

Philosophy

(Q5) Waterboarding is a torture method that the American military has used in obtaining pertinent information from a terrorist. It involves dunking the person into water in a manner that mimics the feeling of them drowning. It is controlled by those in charge to ensure that the individual is not killed, but rather brought to suffer the feeling of drowning. From Krauthammer’s perspective it is an acceptable form of torture because it worked on Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who was involved in the 9/11 attack. Despite the fact that he feels it is a horribly frightening method of torture, ...

ABSTRACT

Hurricane Katrina proved to be one the largest natural disasters to occur in the United States. This storm devastated parts of the south, particularly Louisiana. High winds, rains and the breaking of levees left mass flooding and the drowning of entire neighborhoods. The emergency response from the government proved to be highly disorganized, inefficient and lacked the needed supplies to meet the needs of those requiring medical attention, food, water and shelter. In fact, some argue that the disaster lasted longer because of organizations like FEMA whose efforts many call a great failure. Since then many suggestions have been ...