Essays on Death

Human beings are seen as living organisms whose structure consists of two legs, a pair of arms, one head, a pair of eyes, ears, on such features. From this definition, human beings are identical. These features make one person similar to another. However, according to my definition, a human being...

Plato noted that knowledge is a recollection whereby humans possess an innate understanding of activities or things they experience in the world. Plato believed that a person regains knowledge when his soul resides in the invisible realm of the forms and the good. Thus, everything that exists in the natural...

Is Death a Good or a Bad Thing? It goes without saying that the topic of death has from time immemorial been a contentious issue. Is death a good or a bad thing? This mind boggling question continues to ruffle many feathers. I think that I stand for a lot of...

Human beings and natural laws Human beings are governed by natural laws and eternal laws. They must live and meet an end at some point. The end must be proper and thus must be determined by great precision; since human beings have the ability to think and make choices freely. We...

The right to life is one that causes intense debate in the United States due to the implications that this debate has on the decisions that people can make regarding their lives and bodies. One critical element in this debate is that of assisted suicide, otherwise known as physician-assisted suicide,...

People die every day a due to several causes such as natural death, disease, poisoning, accident, and now assisted suicide. Arguably, people have the fundamental human freedom to choose how they die and if the quality of an individual’s life is terrible, such a person has the right to opt...

Death through crucifixion Death through crucifixion might have been the most painful and cruel death that has ever occurred. Such a death penalty cannot be compared to any other torture. The Romans borrowed the crucifixion penalty from the Persians and started using it. Roman Crucifixion was a method of punishment in...

The following is a criminal prosecution case involving Michelle Carter and Conrad Roy III. They happened to be in an affair which later led to Conrad’s death. Carter was accused of initiating the suicide of her boyfriend over phone calls and texts. On July 13, 2014, Conrad’s body was found...

The Emotional Address by President Obama The speech by the president Obama after the assassination of Osama Bin Laden was an emotional address focusing on the pain of those who were affected either directly or indirectly by the 9/11 attack. Bin Laden was the mastermind behind this attack and Obama took...

Euthanasia is a very pertinent issue which draws both ethical and moral concerns. The major bone of contention revolves around determining whether it is morally or ethically appropriate to take a patient's life as an act of mercy. People who ascribe to pro-life ideologies tend to believe in the sanctity...

For most people, losing a loved one is often a harrowing and painstaking affair. Furthermore, one can never say that they are genuinely prepared for the moment that someone they love dies. Like Hamlet, in Shakespeare's "Tragedy of Hamlet" most people tend to find it difficult to get over the...

Death has a profound impact on the social lives of the individuals, especially on those who have lost their loved one. In conveying such feelings of sadness and grief, numerous news mediums play critical roles in such situations. The form of media used has improved over the years mainly due...