Philosophy
Do you advocate the principles of a "right to die" philosophy?
No...1
Yes...5
Aren't you the captain of your own ship and can recognize when it is time to end one's life? You don't need a committee or a body of laws to dictate your activity based on some archaic, untenable, or obscure notions. The terminally ill should have the power to abdicate existence upon their will and without independent questioning. Vegetative individuals is another issue. Recall the Terri Schiavo situation.
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Philosophy
"Right to die" poll
Do you advocate the principles of a "right to die" philosophy?
No...1
Yes...5
Aren't you the captain of your own ship and can recognize when it is time to end one's life? You don't need a committee or a body of laws to dictate your activity based on some archaic, untenable, or obscure notions. The terminally ill should have the power to abdicate existence upon their will and without independent questioning. Vegetative individuals is another issue. Recall the Terri Schiavo situation.
- Bullshit Or Not: Plato The Elitist Edition
There's an old sketch film called Amazon Women on the Moon and one of the bits is a parody of the old Leonard Nimoy show, "In Search Of..." called, "Bullshit or Not?" with the tagline "Bullshit or not? You decide." It's a line I like so much that...
- Picking Ourselves A Pilot
In Book VI of Plato?s Republic, we see Socrates, Glaucon, and Adeimantus beginning a discussion about who the rulers of their city should be. After a discussion of who is a philosopher and who isn?t, they agree that they must now have true philosophers...
- Kyler Robinson: Justice
Kyler M. Robinson Comparison Philosophies Rob A Skiff September 6, 2005 When posed with the question ?what is justice?? Socrates instead pushed the question back onto the gathering of young men. Of these young men, the most clear and, in my...
- Dan Letovsky: Unscripted Remarks, September 2005
In a heated yet civilized debate portrayed in the early scenes of Allan Bloom?s The Republic of Plato, an attempt to define justice is made. This in depth discussion of the concept of justice consists of Socrates and a crowd of younger and arguably less...
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