This clearly shows an example of how destructive shame can be on someone’s life. Some people can overcome shame and redeem them selves but to other people it can destroy their whole life. Another character form the book that experiences the tragedy of shame is Baba. Thru out the book it is revealed to us that Hassan is also Baba’s son. Baba feels ashamed of being Hassan’s father because he kept it a secret to everyone for all this time.
However living an examined life will not only better yourself but will help those around you and guarantee your safety in heaven. I take into consideration Pascal’s wager when agreeing with an unexamined life is not worth living. Pascal argues “If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing”, which is placing the safe bet that you if God did not judge you than you would have not lost anything, although I do not agree with this completely. To live an examined life is to carry yourself in a manner in which you know you will be judged by God after death. God’s decision is to send you to either hell or heaven, and the conduct of your life determines where you will spend eternity.
Creon is sorry for what he was done, he repents, but it is already too late. He only finds true justice when everything he cared for was gone. Creon’s tragic flaw was that he was resolute; he did not want Polynieces to be buried. He received multiple warnings that this would lead to his downfall. He was put into the position of King.
Perhaps, because she saved one life, the rest would have to fall. Her actions led to terrible suffering for Creon and his family; almost like a curse. Haemon, her fiancé, was so in love with her that he actually fought with his father, the King, for her rights. When he could not do anything about Antigone being buried alive, he stabbed himself out of grief for his love with Antigone and anger towards his father. Because of the son’s death, Creon’s wife, too, killed herself out of grief.
The concept of death is, needless to say, difficult for anyone to grasp. Arguing over whether death is a positive or negative thing is perhaps even more difficult. The philosophers Thomas Nagel and Socrates, who both wrote extensively on the topic, differed in their opinions. Socrates argued that death was a positive thing, either resulting in the relocation of one’s soul to heaven (given that they’ve been virtuous), or at the very least a “dreamless sleep,” which might not be great, but is at least not bad. Nagel, however, emphasized the value of life, even if the “bad elements” in life outweighed the good ones.
Ewart was an American who had gotten a disease that causes his organs to shrink for a long time. He chose to die by euthanasia, to end his pain of his own accord finally. He said that Motoneuron disease made him tired and he had no will to live. If he was in so much pain by the disease, he would still want to live, but there were too much pain. From Steven Ertelt’s article, we knew that Ewart said, if he chose to live, he would suffer illness, but it did not mean he could cure the disease and have a new life (2008).
“But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of” is a word of wisdom from Poor Richard to procrastinators (Ben Franklin). Some people say that time is relevant and this is true in a more scientific view of the universe, but in human life, time is essential. I, like many others, have a bad habit to procrastinate. This only gives temporary enjoyment before beginning to stress over getting things done that have piled up. Procrastinators spend more time stressing over things that are due than those who get their work done before hand and can enjoy any extra time stress free.
Much like the old phrase “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all,” hope has a positive effect whether it is lost or not. With regard to the treatments given to the patients in the movie, it is better to be given hope and lose it than to remain hopeless because it initiates an overall stronger mindset that excludes giving up, even a brief period of a great experience is better than none at all, and it benefits other people as well. It is better to have hope because otherwise a person may totally give up on themselves. In noticing constant ticks that begin to return to Leonard as he begins to deteriorate back into his Catatonic state, Leonard at one point asks Sayer to film him, in hopes to contribute to research to help people. Leonard’s gift of hope combined with his years of disablement made him a better, more empathetic person.
The last for of euthanasia is “involuntary” which is done without the persons consent for example when they are in a coma and the doctors know that he/she will not come out of it. All in all euthanasia is an action that is taken only when a person a suffering from a terminal illness in order to alleviate their pain and suffering and has no intentions of causing harm to the person. Every person has the right to life but under extenuating circumstances death seems to be the better option and a person suffering has the right to make that decision. Many people wonder “How bad would the quality of someone’s life have to be before they can choose to end it?” and the answer is that it is a
This was a very dark time in my life and a young child should never have to go through this. I used to blame myself for my parents getting a divorce. As I got older and could understand that a family should be a mom, a dad, and children, I realized something was wrong with my family. My dad was not in the picture and my mom and him were constantly fighting. For some reason I thought since I was the last one born it was my fault.