How may the Christian faith inform the debate over euthanasia?

How may the Christian faith in mannikin the debate over mercy killing?How may the Christian faith inform the debate over euthanasia?The concept of free will is one of the defining characteristics of Christianity and therefore the ability that Christians possess to assimilate choices almost their lives is sacrosanct. It is also pertinent to none in introduction that Christians believe that death is not the end of behavior merely the beginning of life with divinity and as a consequence it tush be argued that from a Christian point of emplacement death is not to be feared. On the other hand it keister be argued that it may be better to die in peace and with dignity than to live with terrible pain which is carely to transfer in the form of extreme anxiety to your friends and relatives.It is submitted that in order for euthanasia to take place it is necessary to engage the assistance of a third party. This is the fundamental difference mingled with euthanasia and suicide. One essential problem with this, in terms of Christianity in position, is that the sick individual may not have the right to ask other person to help take his or her life. The 6th commandment is straightforward Thou shall not kill.On the strength of this first touch analysis euthanasia appears to contradict the Christian faith. M any(prenominal) Christians would argue that the abject party must have faith and trust in deity and in the future that he has for him or her. The Bible informs and guides Christians as to the moral and sacred decisions they must take as they live their life. Although it is true that the Bible does not expressly state that euthanasia is wrong it does stipulate, as stated above, that thou shall not kill and another commandment sets down the district that one should sleep with ones neighbor. At first pile these fundamental rules imply that euthanasia is inauspicious to the Christian ethic.However, the rule love thy neighbour was addressed by Jesus himsel f in his wait on to the Phari experiences, the chief religious sect of the day, when He was questioned about the greatest commandment in the Law. The Pharisees had strenuously classified all the various rectitudes and accorded them relative degrees of importance and their aim was to test Jesus. His answer was glorious in its simplicityLove the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it Love your neighbour as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.Therefore, Christianity dictates not average that we are to love our neighbour, but that we should love our neighbour as we love ourselves. It is submitted that this would appear to open the door to euthanasia on the grounds of pure Christian dogma, because there are many among us that would deal a dignified death for ourselves rather than deteriorating life in great pain. However, despite these puta tive interpretations of the words of Jesus Christ himself, the present day view of the mainstream Christian church appears to oppose help suicide in all its forms.Christianity and mercy killingThe modern majority or mainline Christian attitude to resultant role of assisted suicide is relatively straightforward. Euthanasia is contradictory. As is the case with regards to the abortion issue, most Christians would agree that it is wrong to take the life of another human. Christians believe in the sanctity of life from the moment of conception until the intervention of natural death. Something in excess of sixty passages of scripture in the Bible refer to the sanctity of life, in particular the afore tell Thou shalt not kill.Christians believe that God is the giver and taker of life. As a consequence they believe that Gods will in matters of life and death takes precedence over any desire that man may express. The fact that the so- recollected right to die movement would change law s so that doctors or relatives could directly and intentionally terminate another persons life flies in the face of this basic Christian belief in Gods authority.The Christian view is that God has endowed mankind with certain unalienable rights, and that that the first and most important of these is the right to life itself. From a Christian status all other God-given human rights are worthless, unless the right to life is held supreme.There is an argument that everyone has a right to do with their own body as they see fit, but the majority Christian view appears to be that this is not persuasive. Although euthanasia might be seen to be a private, victimless act it is not committed in a vacuum and Christians believe that the act would have far reaching spill-over effects for society at large. Given that euthanasia affords one person the mogul to engineer the death of another person it is a public matter which, in line with mainline Christian thinking, could well result in hatred and/or the steady erosion of care for the most vulnerable people.It is a Christian belief that todays society values only lusty and comfortable life and faith dictates that this is a narrow-minded attitude. Christians assert that Gods plan to make us whole is such as to command that we experience all aspects of life, from good to bad in health and in sickness, from the springtime and opportunity of youth to the austerity and trails of the winter that old age inevitably brings.Christians argue that modern medical treatments for pain reduction offer most dying patients effective relief which renders the avoidance of pain as a priming coat for mercy killing nugatory as a medical or moral argument. It is submitted that it is central to the Christian ethos that God has a reason for everything that man chiffonier experience, including pain and suffering. Christians would contend, for example that many people given time to contemplate as they ail on their deathbed have been brought cl oser to Christ, and that the experience of seeing somebody in such a position may bring the observer closer to Christ.It is a trite observation that the terminally ill and often, merely the elderly, may be concerned about becoming a burden to their family or to the greater community and those with responsibility for delivering care may come to resent the time, parkway and expense entailed in the discharge of their duty. However, the Christian perspective on this is very clear, and steels the debate on euthanasia generally. The Christian view is well articulated by Gilbert Meilaender in the following extract Learning not to resent the claims on our time and energy is likely to be the work of a lifetime. If we stock to learn the lesson, however, we cease to live in the kind of community that deserves to be called a family, and we are ill prepared to live in the community for which God has redeemed us a community in which no one stands on the basis of her rights, and all live by tha t shared love Christians call charityChristians may also contend that quality of life should not to be measured by physical health but only by a persons relationship with God. The natural inference is that sickness is an irrelevant consideration and one which should not be used as a justification for killing.Euthanasia, unlike abortion, is referred to, albeit tangentially, in the Bible. There are two such instances in the Old Testament. In Judges Abimelech pleaded with his armour-bearer to put him to death after he had been hit on the head by a mill infernal region because he did not want to suffer the shame of being killed by the woman who had dropped the stone on him. In the second reference in Samuel, Saul, the first king of Israel, asked to be put to death after he had attempted suicide stay over me and kill me I am in the throes of death, but I am still alive. So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. The Amalekite narrat or of this story is then put to death by David, Sauls successor and the point is made that Saul had contradicted the word of God and lost the right to lead his people as a consequence. In neither instance is the notion of euthanasia treated with approval, but no circumstantial lesson is clarified.The Roman Catholic PerspectiveIt is submitted that the Roman Catholic Church opposes the practice of euthanasia. Roman Catholics apply the principle of Natural Law to assisted suicide just as they do in the case of abortion, where a similar prohibitive stance is taken. As a consequence Catholics believe that all life is correct and ordered by God and that all blushts (including episodes of great suffering) occur just as God intends.The Roman Catholic Church thus teaches that euthanasia runs contrary to Gods will on the rationale that such human intervention in the process of death is unnatural. Indeed assisted suicide is deemed to constitute a sin. The Catechism of the Catholic Church se ts down the following implacable principle Thus an act, or an omission which, of itself or by intention, causes death in a order to consume suffering constitutes a murder greatly contrary to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due to the surviving God, his Creator. The error of judgment into which one muckle fall in good faith does not change the nature of this murderous act, which must always be forbidden and excluded.This stance is softened to a small degree by the provisions made in 2278 and 2279 of the Catechism.2278 Discontinuing medical procedures that are burdensome, dangerous, extra universal, or disproportionate to the expected outcome can be licit it is the refusal of over-zealous treatment. Here one does not will to cause death ones inability to impede it is merely accepted. The decisions should be made by the patient if he is competent and able or, if not, by those legally entitled to act for the patient, whose reasonable will and legitimate interests must always be respected.2279 Even if death is thought imminent, the ordinary care owed to a sick person cannot be legitimately interrupted. The use of painkillers to alleviate the sufferings of the dying, even at the risk of shortening their eld, can be morally in conformity with human dignity if death is not willed as either an end or a means, but only foreseen and tolerated as fateful Palliative care is a special form of disinterested charity. As such it should be encouraged.However it is submitted that these provisos, while well rationalised and well founded, do not alter the fact that in terms of general principle the Catholic church stands fore square against the concept of euthanasia.Current Fears of Christianity From the Right to Die to a Duty to Die?In March 2004 Lord Joffe introduced the aid Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill into the House of Lords. The Bill aims to em place competent adults suffering a terminal illness to obtain medical assistance to die at his or her own considered and persistent communicate. In simple terms, the Bill aims to permit voluntary euthanasia in the United Kingdom.In October 2005 leading of the primary faiths of the United Kingdom sent a joint earn to both Houses of sevens in an attempt to set out their position against the legalisation of any form of euthanasia prior to a scheduled debate on the proposed Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill in the House of Lords. As indicated above, signatories to the letter included not just Christian leaders but leaders of other faiths. The Bishop of Southwark of the Church of England the Rev. Tom Butler was joined by, among others, His Eminence Archbishop Gregorios of Thyateira and Great Britain, the Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks, Principal of the Muslim College and Chair of Muslim Law Sharia Council dude Dr M.A. Zaki Badawi, General Director of Evangelical Alliance UK Joel Edwards and the Archbishop of Cardiff of the Catholic Church in Great Britain Peter Smith. The letter stated that We, the undersigned, hold all human life to be sacred and worthy of the utmost respect and note with concern that repeated attempts are being made to persuade Parliament to change the law on intentional killing so as to allow assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia for those who are terminally ill,The central message of the letter was, as has been discussed above, that the very sick are often vulnerable and they may well feel that they are a burden to their family and friends. The signatories to the letter wanted to make the point that legalising assisted suicide and euthanasia might have the effect of putting pressure on such individuals to do the decent thing and request early death for the sake of the convenience, economic well being and happiness of those left behind. The letter warned that the so-called right to die could thus evolve subtly over time to become an unspoken duty to die in which considerations such as those described above could come to exerc ise undue mold over the decision-making process.The religious leaders argued in the alternative that the focus should be on improved palliative care, stressing that medical science is taking great strides in relieving the range of symptoms endured by those suffering from a terminal illness and emphasising the increasing sophistication of support systems for families. Moreover the letter suggested NHS reforms and innovations to buttress these developing areas.After a full debate in the House of Lords on 10 October 2005, Lord Joffe tabled a further Bill to introduce so-called physician assisted suicide. The Christian Charity CARE (Christian satisfy Research and Education) has launched a high-profile campaign, known as the Life Valued campaign, to oppose this suggested legislation.CARE Chairman Lyndon Bowring has proffered a biblical existence for the campaign. He stated We have been given a duty to be Gods stewards Its right to care for creation and even more so to care for the p innacle of his creationStand with those in Parliament who are speaking out in Gods name for the sanctity of human life.Concluding CommentsIt appears that the majority view among the modern custodians of the Christian faith, or at least the view that is most forcefully expressed, is that euthanasia is to be opposed in all its forms as contrary to the fundamental tenet of the sanctity of human life. There is a view that the rule that one must love ones neighbour as oneself can be interpreted to mean that an act to limit the suffering of another could be justified because the comparable decision might well be taken on ones own behalf and in ones own interests. Moreover the rule that thou shalt not kill, which appears to set down a clear and simple prohibition, must also be subject to contextual interpretation. If the rule is to be followed to the letter then the Christian practice of killing animals for food must be thrown into question. In the words of Jesus Thou shalt not kill any l iving thing, for life is given to all by God, and that which God has given, let not man taketh it away. However, this rule must surely be subject to caveats since even Jesus Himself fed his followers with fish. It could be argued that killing to relieve suffering is a far higher motive than killing for food, given in particular that it is possible to survive without consuming animals.Indeed the words expressed by Jesus are impossible to follow to the letter, because even plant life is living matter. We cannot eat rocks or sand and we cannot survive on thin air, therefore there simply must be room for the practical interpretation of the sixth commandment. It follows that if we can justify killing to fill our dining table, we can surely justify killing to alleviate pain and suffering, where such is motivated by vigour but love and compassion for the victim.This is a personal conclusion. Although it is one drawn direct from the stated words and actions of Jesus Christ Himself, it is c onceded that it is not the majority view of Christian church today. The principle of the sanctity of human life is one of the highest of human civilization, and it is easy to see why guardians and proponents of the Christian faith wish to pass so hard to protect it from erosion in any and all circumstances. In a perfect world this commentator would agree with this view but this is not a perfect world and there are no perfect rules at least it is submitted there are no rules perfect in application in every conceivable instance. Two thousand years ago, when Jesus delivered his teachings and the Christian faith was born, medical science was in its infancy. In those days terminal illnesses progressed at a far more rapid pace and the fraught questions that now confront twenty first century society, which has acquired the technology to hold up life over long periods, were seldom if ever posed. As a consequence, it is mayhap a pregnable exercise to seek moral or ethical guidance from t eaching and faith established in an age that predates the issue now under debate and cannot possibly accommodate it. In plain terms, the Bible is a contemporary text. It simply was not written with the issue of euthanasia, in the context of twenty first century technological progress, in mind.The foregoing analysis illustrates the depth, esthesia and difficulty of the issue of euthanasia. Such is only amplified when one considers religious perspectives, such as the Christian teachings and ethical framework discussed in this paper. The Christian faith can be applied to inform and enrich the debate on euthanasia in multifarious ways, and it can in theory be invoked with force by each opposing camp.Given the difficulty in interpreting Gods word, perhaps it is time for man to take sole responsibility for the decision, and perhaps it is mans justification, not a faith-based rationale that should prevail. That is not to say the decision should not be guided by Christian principles, the q uestion of euthanasia is one deserving of the utmost good faith and scrutiny, but perhaps mans ultimate assumption of responsibility is part of Gods overarching plan. This could be said to be the flowering of the free will that, in the Christian tradition, He gifted to us. One thing is certain it lies within Gods power to intervene to guide the debate on euthanasia to His favoured conclusion. In the face of a morally and ethically challenging issue such as assisted suicide, Christians can draw solace and sustenance from that fundamental belief.BIBLIOGRAPHYThe Bible Authorized version of King JamesEngland Faith Leaders Lobby Parliament Against Euthanasia, The Christian Post, October 10, 2005 http//www.christianpost.com/article/europe/550/section/england.faith.leaders.lobby.parliament.against.euthanasia/1.htmAssisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill HL 8 January 2004, http//www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200304/ldbills/017/2004017.htmDramatic Launch for Anti-Euthanasia Campaign , Christian Action Research and Education, 29 November 2005 http//www.care.org.uk/Publisher/Article.aspx?id=31154.Catechism of the Catholic Church http//www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/ccc_toc.htmPro-Abortion Madness The abortion lobby has abandoned its rationales amid pro-life gains, Ted Olsen, Christianity Today, September 2004, Vol. 48, No. 9, rogue 82.Christian Thinking About Advance Medical Directives, Meilaender, G, Christian Century 113 S 11-18 1996 854-857.

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So in other words, it is directly proportional to each other.The spring constant can also be known as the soldiery constant. It is a measure of the elasticity of the spring. In theory, the more its elastic entertain, the more the force you will need to act to ex exd the spring.For example, a short spring has a higher spring constant than that of a long spring IF the other aspects or characteristics of it be the same or equal (thickness, material).It will take you 10N to extend a short spring with 1cm.To extend the long spring by the same amount, it would take less force, maybe 5N for example.Introduction on Hookes LawHookes law is the law of elasticity that was founded by the English scientist, Robert Hooke in the early 1660. It states that the extension or compression of a spring is directly proportional to the force exerted upon it.Sometimes Hookes law is formulated asF=kx where as in this expressionFis no longer the applied force but it was the equal and oppositely directed restoring force that causes elastic materials like springs to return to their original forms.The law can also be expressed as the ratio of stress and strain. Stress is the force on unit areas within a material that develops as a result of the externally applied force while strain is the relative deformation produced by stress. For relatively small stresses, stress is proportional to strain. For particular expressions of Hookes law in this form, see great deal modulus shear modulus Youngs modulus.Diagram of the apparatus usedClear Description of the Method UsedAs can be seen from the previous page, these are the description of the method by using the apparatus from the picture and as prepared by the lecturer.At first, set up the apparatus which demonstrated by the lecturer.Hang the first mass on the spring.Allow the mass to oscillate up and down with a small amplitude and measure the time for ten complete oscillations.Calculate the average from both of the times sets.Find the time period T by dividing the average time by 10Repeat all of the measuring of time by 5 more times with differ ent masses which are from 0.05g.Make a table regarding the results that you analysed. selective information Analysis TableGraph of T (y-axis) against m (x-axis)Analysis DiscussionThe first thing that needed to do is get all the information of the data that Ive collected from this experiment using the method and Hookes Law. Next step, all the result data were then arranged in a Microsoft Excel, which is to be completed by using the table.With the results that Ive got from the method to measure k (speed constant) and for e very(prenominal) each of the value from the Blue dots, (from the graph) was accurate enough to its original value. Although, nigh of my value are in the range of 2 N/m, it is acceptable.GradientTo find the gradient of the graph, firstly, we need two particular points which included 2 values from x-axis and 2 more values from y-axis.The formula to find gradient is The equation of a line is For example, these values are from the graph (0.06, 0.06) (0.29, 0.46)SU BSTITUTE = 1.74 (value of my gradient) (look at my graph) so it links with the equation of a line which is,Like this,Therefore the gradient is,Thus, substitute the following gradient value with this to find k.Value of k (speed constant)decision the value of k, from the equation,The gradient that I found is 1.74N/m. Substitute it into the following gradient formula,Total value of k = 22.7NmPercentage Difference(My total original value of spring constant divided by the value of spring constant)Multiply by 100. 100 = 60.3%Accuracy and reliabilityFirst thing that we should know is that the spring constant is depended on the displacement under a load. So by the result that I have calculated with the method and the formula given to find T from the lecturer is not accurate as we would expected because of the formula that we should use is .The required unit for spring constant value is the acceleration of the unloose fall gravity and the displacement of the spring. Even though we can find the constant K by using the method from our lecturer, it will not be as accurate as the one with the formula , and with measuring time theres a lot of miss accurate because of the possibility of humans error.We can also substitute into , however there is no value given for the length or displacement of the springs given, thus, giving us more uncertainties error. chin wagReasons for UncertaintiesAmplitude is different from each of the results causing it not to be precise.The disability of finding the missing length of the spring which is not constructed by the lecturer is very important to find the spring constant.Spring constant cannot be invented because as the number of how much weight or force that we need to apply to assimilate the spring extended by 1 metre and based on the spring function.Due to the human error, the reaction of calculating time of the stopwatch will never be accurate.The measurement of an angle from working out the oscillation is inaccurate.Improvemen t for UncertaintiesFirstly, we need the value of the spring length which will be easier to be calculated and comparing the percentage difference between the method that Ive used and the one with this improvement.If there is a modern technology that can be invented that can measure the length of the spring when they stretch and to determine the time of oscillation with the creation of lasers to determine the period for each oscillation.Need an instrument that can hold the pendulum before and after the 10 complete oscillations so that every each of the oscillation within both period (time and time 2) will be measured accurately.In my honest opinion, the more accurate method to find the spring constant is to measure the springs displacement rather than using time as the unit to find k, spring constant, so we can now substitute the one we got previously to the formula Referencing ListsBray, A. Barbato, G. Levi, R. (1990). Theory and Practise of core Measurement. SanDiego Academic Press Limited. 52-53.Hosch, W.L. (2006). Hookes law Retrieved from http//www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/271336/Hookes-lawIris. (2009). what is spring constant? Retrieved from http//answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090902015640AAmDuLnKeller, J.F. (1993). Physics Classical and Modern (2nd ed.). McGraw-hill Inc. 331-350.

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Mythical the Statesn Dream Challenged in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman challenges the American dream. Before the Depression, an optimistic America offered the alluring promise of success and riches. Willy Loman suffers from his disenchantment with the American dream, for it fails him and his son. In some ways, Willy and pommel seem trapped in a transitional period of American history. Willy, now sixty-three, carried out a large part of his career during the Depression and World War II. The promise of success that entranced him in the optimistic 1920s was wiped out(p) by the harsh economic realities of the 1930s. The unprecedented prosperity of the 1950s remained far in the future. Willy Loman represents a uniquely American figure the traveling salesman. Every week, he takes a journey to stake his bid for success. It would be difficult to miss the survival of the American frontier mentality in the figure of the traveling salesman. The idea o f the American dream was heavily influenced by the rush for gold and land in the nineteenth-century American West. It is no coincidence that in the 1950s, the decade most preoccupied with the mythologic American dream, America experienced an unprecedented love affair with Westerns.Willy and Linda try to build their own version of the American dream with their family. In high school, Biff was the all-American boy as the captain of the football team. True to the myth of the all-American boy, girls and admiring friends surrounded him. Willy and Lindas lives are full of monthly payments on possessions that symbolize that dream a car, a home, and household appliances. The proliferation of monthly payments allowed families with modest incomes to h... ...une promised by the American dream. He cannot admit doubt or insecurity because a good salesman always remains confident, and the American dream promises success to the confident, eager individual. Death of a Salesman addresses Willys str uggle to maintain his identity in the face of narrowing hopes that he or his sons will invariably fulfill his dreams. Works Cited Baym, Franklin, Gottesman, Holland, et al., eds. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 4th ed. unfermented York Norton, 1994. Corrigan, Robert W., ed. Arthur Miller. Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall, 1969. Florio, Thomas A., ed. Millers Tales. The New Yorker. 70 (1994) 35-36. Miller, Arthur. The Archbishops Ceiling/The American Clock. New York Grove Press, 1989. ---. Death of a Salesman. New York Viking, 1965. ---. Eight Plays. New York Nelson Doubleday, 1981.

Primitivism - A Tribal Religion :: Religion

roughness - A Tribal ReligionWe regard them as the sons and daughters of the earth and sky, brothers and sisters of animals and plants, who populate by natures ways and do not upset the delicate balances of their ecological zones gentle hunting folk who are still in touch with the magic and myth that we ourselves so badly need (Smith, 381). This quote from Huston Smith summarizes the Primitivism essence of its nature. Primitivism is an ancient religion, sometimes referred to as a tribal religion because groupings of its people were small in numbers. This religion continues today in parts of Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, Siberia, and Indians of North and South America. Primitivism is an ad-lib religion, very few things were written down. Most of the writing was in the form of drawings and art. Being an exclusively oral society, the orality protected the memory of its practitioners making it possible to mark countless tales and stories to pass on to the ne xt generation. The orality also enabled the capacity to sense the sacred through nonverbal channels. Tribal religions are deep-rooted in moorage as opposed to space. Space is abstract, but place is concrete. For example, a square foot in Florida is the same as a square foot in China however Florida and China are two very different places. The idea being you are the rock, you are the tree, you are the river, you are the grass, etc The analogy in The Worlds Religions of the first Onondagan to enter college is a wonderful example. Oren Lyons returned to his reservation on his first break from college and went fishing with his uncle. His uncle started to question him, Who are you? Oren answered in umteen ways, I am your nephew, I am an Onondagen, I am a human and no answer satisfied his uncle. His uncle replied to him, Do you see that bluff all over there? Oren you are that bluff. And that giant pine on the other shore? Oren, you are that pine. And this water that supports our boat? You are this water. (Smith, 371). Another essential part of Primitivism is the presence of eternal time. Tribal people look toward the future as opposed to the past. Primal time is one that is hard for most people to comprehend, because it is not linear, but is temporal, an eternal now. Its focus is more of a casual sequence rather than a chronological one.