Essays on Death

In my society, people believe in the "Five Stages of Grief" myth In my society, people believe that before someone dies, there are various psychological stages that one has to go through. These stages are referred to as "the five stages of grief". This entails the emotional state that is experienced...

People react differently to the losing their loved ones, but one thing is evident across the different segments of populations, others appear upset, others do not. Grief and loss are dependent on individual personality, age, how they react to stress, gender, stage of development, nature of the relationship and previous...

The movie “Return to Paradise,” raises profound ethical questions regarding personal mortality as well as lawyers’ ethical responsibility. The movie revolves around three young Americans who enjoy a cheap and sensual summer in Malaysia, usually while stone on cheap hashish. Two of them, Sheriff and Tony, return to the United...

Physician-Assisted Suicide: An Analysis Physician-assisted suicide (PAD), refers to the death of a patient helped by physicians and doctors through the administration of life-terminating medication (Menzel, "Steinbock, 2013). The Physician-Assisted suicide is similar to Euthanasia but differs in the sense that in the former, the patient receives advice about how to...

The term abortion has been a bone of contention in the current society, and the purpose of this essay is to defend the legal permissibility of abortion. Many people continue to debate on the merits and demerits of abortion in the community. Abortion although facing many different challenges in the...

The Debate on Euthanasia The word “euthanasia” is originally a Greek word, which means “a good death”. It is also commonly described as “mercy killing”. This is one issue that has sparked debate regarding its validity and ethical reasoning in the world of medical health care practice. It has cut debates...

Euthanasia: Ending the Suffering Euthanasia is the intervention taken by a medical practitioner which has the intention of ending the life of a patient. There are many reasons why it is argued that euthanasia may be administered, but the most popular is to end the suffering of a patient. Euthanasia exists...

Euthanasia and its Controversy Euthanasia is a practice of aided suicide aimed at relieving an individual's pain and suffering. The debate on whether Euthanasia should be allowed is controversial because of the perceived infringement of an individual right to life through aided suicide. Voluntary euthanasia is permitted in some selected states...

The event relates to a bizarre incident involving the explosion of the Southwest Airline flight 1380 left engine that led to death of 43-year old Jennifer Riordan in Philadelphia. The explosion send shrapnel into window next to seat 14C where the victim was seated, breaking the window, and the sudden...

Introduction For many years ordinary events such as having dinner with family or a child playing with toys would be equal to a death sentence. It is funny how these beautiful events would turn tragic because of one individual being chocked by food or a child being chocked by a toy....

Individuals in the society may perceive life insurance as a lifetime protection policy for only the elderly, but in essence, life insurance can apply to anyone as young as newborn to over the age of 100 years. Since tomorrow is never promised, life insurance is a recommendation to anyone over...

The Civilization of Ancient Aztec The civilization of ancient Aztec had a perception of life and life after death which is extraordinarily different from the modern culture perspective. This perspective was primarily shaped by region and this infused every early Aztec life. Aztec refers to a native ethnic group which is...