“Modest Proposal” verses “Lifeboat Ethics” First of all, making life decisions for others cannot manipulate the world to become equal. Society has moral obligations toward poverty. Usually the moral obligation to others starts with the intense poverty issue. By reading Jonathan Swift and Garrett Hardin’s articles, the solutions for poverty seem to be easier than ones’ expectation by slaughtering or leaving refugees behind the social norms. Nonetheless, both articles are idealistic.
Theoretically, zero tolerance would be the most effective approach to reducing substance-related harm (Bonomo & Bowes, 2000). However, public health, community safety and police-community relations would be severely affected and compromised because of a wholly zero tolerance policy (Dixon & Coffin, 1999). The short term benefits such as reducing crime, however it also can lead to a plethora of counterproductive effects (Aitken’s et al 2002; Bonomo & Bowes, 2000). The phrase zero tolerance was promoted and endorsed by the Howard government, who stated that no level or aspect of illicit drug use should be
Many people die every year and others suffering from cancer due to smoking. According to The NHS Information Centre report (2010), Around 81,400 deaths (18% of all deaths of adults aged 35 and over) were estimated to be caused by smoking. That’s shows how big the issue of smoking in the UK and in the others developed countries. The governments try to minimize the problem by legislation. Jean King, Cancer Research UK's director of tobacco control, (2008) said: "The smoke-free law was introduced to protect the health of workers from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.
The Gardasil Vaccine Human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer are two of the most problematic health issues that young women have to deal with today. There are many different risks of getting these two diseases, which can be easily deducted by the use of a simple set of three shots of the Gardasil vaccine. Noel Merino, the author of the article “A Mandatory HPV Vaccine Will Create a Backlash”, believes that these shots should not be mandatory. He strongly states the reasons as to why there is not a big rush to get the vaccination for multiple reasons. While Merino clearly identifies that HPV is the leading cause of cervical cancer, he ignores the fact that the decision to give girls as young as ten the Gardasil shot vaccine, is not
The problem for the population of women is the lack of intervention and treatment in the urban and rural community. There are multiple reasons for post-partum depression in women in rural and urban communities that vary from socioeconomics, anxiety, and lack of social support. Post-partum depression can also have effects on the children such as malnutrition, illness, developmental delay, poor growth, and poor mother-infant attachment. There have been many post-partum depression screenings and surveys done worldwide and most of the population is Caucasian, married women of high socioeconomic status, however, there is evidence to suggest that in urban and rural communities worldwide there is not enough intervention and treatment. “In a Chinese study, rural women had more depressive disorders as well as a group of women in a rural part in Mexico experienced higher rates of depressive disorders in women.” (Villegas, 2011) Many times rural residents are associated with low-income, low levels of education, lack of insurance, and poor quality of life which can contribute to the onset of psychiatric illness.
If an emergency situation should arise, it is permissible for staff to use minimum force to prevent serious injury to self or others provided this is for the least amount of time to bring the situation under control. Restrictions may not be used if/when they are not in accordance with a behavioural support plan, the only exception to this is emergency/unexpected situations where restrictions are used to prevent serious injury. Also interventions will not be used to deprive the people we support of their right to dignity, self-respect,
One can find more information about this stage of development of the American society from primary sources. Nannie Alderson (1942) describes the life of American women in the small towns of the West in her book A Bride Goes West. Some of the experts from the book point out to significant changes in the American people’s minds regarding the role that women played in society. In her book, Alderson also describes the reverse side of free relations and feminization. She writes, “Two-thirds of the women [engaged in prostitution] died young from sexually transmitted diseases, botched abortions, alcohol abuse, narcotics abuse, suicide, or murders.” The same shift in public mind regarding the family values is described in Galen’s Epitaph on a Tombstone.
A Whisper of AIDS The reality of AIDS is brutally clear to those who are infected, but to those who are not it always seems like a distant whisper. Living with AIDS is not easy nor is it something the world should take likely but it does. Each year 63,000 Americans are newly infected with the virus but mainly people from the ages of 18 through 25. A white, mother named Mary Fisher used her courage and compassion to tell the world her story. In this essay I analyze the rhetorical situation of “A Whisper of AIDS” article and her use of pathos, logos and ethos appeal.
Lastly, there is neglect that is caused by depriving a child of their basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, emotional and physical protection and security, medical/dental care, cleanliness, education, and the proper supervision (yesican). With that being said, there is support to allege that there are over 3 million reports of all forms of child abuse are made every year (childhelp). While there is some merit in coming forward to report suspected child abuse, how many cases are truly acts of abuse and neglect or do the authorities make and honest assessment on cases that are valid. For instance, a young mother suffering from depression tries to make a claim that her child is being abused but the child is being harmed due to her mental instability. Child abuse has been around for ages with people choosing to ignore it but in the early 1870’s it was brought to our country’s attention by a little girl named Mary Ellen Wilson.
That doesn't include the other millions of people who are infected with AIDS and other incurable diseases. An overwhelming amount of people with mental and psychosocial disabilities are living in poverty, poor physical health, and are impacted by human rights violations. Mental health issues cannot be considered in isolation from other areas of development, such as education, employment, emergency responses and human rights capacity building. People with mental and psychosocial disabilities is an open to attack group as a result of the way they are treated by society. They are subjected to a sign of social unacceptability and discrimination on a daily basis, and they experience extremely high rates of physical and sexual victimization.