Therefore, even in a world without human bodies, “technological things will be gendered and there will still be a patriarchal hierarchy” (Springer 1999, 48). As a result, medical discourse, in particular, has constructed negative notions of the female body and sexuality. For example, in the article The Aggressive Egg, the author describes the studies of a researcher by the name of Emily Martin, who has spent the past seven years examining the metaphors used to describe fertilization. Martin’s studies revealed the traditional ideas of fertilization, which portrays a “sperm as an intrepid warrior battling their way to an aging, passive egg that can do little but await the sturdy victor’s final” (Freedman 1992, 2), instead the process turned out to be quite the opposite. “In fact, biologists could have figured out a hundred years ago that sperms are weak forward-propulsion units, but it’s hard for men to accept the idea that sperm are best at escaping” (Freedman 1992,…
The thesis of the article, that nature does have certain healing properties that can be harnessed to help people, could have been expressed in a…
An important mechanism, for it automatizes and disindividualizes power. Power has its principle not so much in a person as n a certain concerted distribution of bodies, surfaces, lights, gazes; in an arrangement whose internal mechanisms produce the relation in which individuals are caught up. (288)”…
Life is a frail and fragile thing. Each of us considers it to be our most valuable possession given to us from a higher power. Some take it for granted, while some preserve and celebrate it. In a moment’s notice the breath of life can be taken without consent. I was presented with a piece of editorial, to discuss and decipher its contents. I will present my thoughts and answer the questions posted in the editorial.…
It has never been agreed upon that life is an absolute right, but only that death is the absolute outcome. Philosophers call it a prima facie right, this right gets forfeited in actions such as aggravated murder, abortion, physician-assisted suicide, and other heinous crimes. However, the great western powers are on sure footing when it comes to this type of permitted murder, but a just war doesn’t make a total war acceptable. Williams Shakespeare’s play Henry V is loosely based upon England’s own ethical dilemmas in the early 1400’s. This is especially true when conflicting governments go into a war just because one side believes themselves to be in a just war the other may not.…
The best definition of a sovereign state is one that is ruled by an authoritative government and is independent of external control, has the power to pass laws, and preserves order by enforcing those laws. The goal of an early modern monarch was to acquire absolute power within his/her state. The concept of the absolute authority of the state was one of the most prominent Roman influences on Western Civilization. According to this concept, the state can do no wrong and the individual has no rights except those that the state confers upon him or her. Countering this was the medieval legacy which resulted in diversity of many kinds: language, laws, customs,…
References: Henig, N., Faul, J., Raffin, T. (2001). Biomedical Ethics And The Withdrawal Of Advanced Life…
There is no denying that human nature plays a big role genocide.The need for power is a fundamental flaw in human nature that causes suffering, pain, and death all around the world. If this fact is not addressed, if genocides continue to be denied, we can never learn as a species and grow from our mistakes.…
Throughout the text, Rappoport sections off all his main topics by differentiated parts, in which all three appeals stand out at various points; some more than others. Organizing this way provides readers a building block of understanding. To begin with, the basics of the cell provide a strong foundation towards biology as a whole. Then, as the text goes on, the more rigorous the ideas evolve into by the use of various items: exemplification, description, and analysis. Shown least amount of times, the ethical appeal contributes to the text during the last part of the book. To illustrate, Rappoport turns the attention to various real life situations between life and death. Referred to the good, the bad, and the future, he establishes how, at one…
One of the main factors of the biomedical model of health is that it sees the human body as a “machine” and that each part of the body can be “fixed individually”. This idea began during the Cartesian revolution, named after the French philosopher René Descartes. This revolution encouraged the idea that the body and mind are independent, or at least not closely interrelated. Another major breakthrough of the biomedical model of health was Louis Pasteur’s 1850’s development of “germ theory”. This was the discovery that tiny micro-organisms or “germs” were the cause of disease as opposed to the product of a disease.…
Although the attitudes of western civilization towards death may seem to be unchanged over long periods of time, it has been illustrated in the past that they are, in fact dynamic. Western attitudes towards death are constantly evolving, ever so slowly and subtly. However, periodically quantum leaps in popular thought regarding death have occurred. These changes are noticeable because they are so very rapid. Philippe Ariès, author of Western attitudes towards death describes four distinct eras of thought with regards to death. He calls these eras Tamed death, One’s own death, Thy death, and Forbidden death. The transitions between each of these four eras are caused by significant historical events that profoundly alter the attitudes and beliefs of the masses.…
I find it only right for society and the Church to formulate a teaching on bioenhancements before the technology comes to full fruition and to assist people in articulating why the Church believes it. Previous teachings of the Church can be used in the formation of this Church doctrine, such as the instructions on the dignity of human life, humans being made in the image and likeness of God and ones concerning human fallenness and finitude. With this in mind, I argue in this essay that the Catholic Church would generally be against bioenhancements in its teaching, which would concern the dignity of the human person, human finitude and fallenness, and humans being created in the image and likeness of God (imago dei). It is arguable, however, in the subject of bioethics that dignity is crucial to Catholic teaching. An important addition in this argument is to note the contrast between therapy and enhancements through defining and explaining each in terms of Church teaching. Bioenhancements attempt to reject the Catholic beliefs of dignity in the imago dei, and our finitude and fallenness, and for this reason bioenhancement technologies would be generally unacceptable in the Church except for the possibilities of the technology being used in the future to benefit…
This essay discusses the concept of a natural right to life. The idea that ones right to live is inherent in ones own existence. The debate centers on whether self-awareness or the ability to feel pain can be used as its basis. The intention is to try to discover which organisms do have a natural right to life.…
The debate over euthanasia and physician assisted suicide is a multifaceted issue that surges throughout political, religious, and social circles. Currently in the United States, physician assisted suicide is only legal in Washington and Oregon states. It is crucial that nurses understand the various aspects of this topic, and are able to formulate an educated opinion on the issue. This paper will examine the various aspects of euthanasia, including pros, cons, and nursing implications, in order to assist student nurses in formulating their own opinions on this highly charged topic.…
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