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The Sunni-Shi’ite Conflict (75 words)Briefly outline the events
that lead to the two main Islamic groups; the Sunni Muslims and
the Shi’ites Muslims and discuss what their differences are;
both historically and in today's world.In addition, include and
discuss with the class your thoughts on the question of whether
or not the Sunni-Shi’ite conflict discussed above is ingrained in
political Islam? Support your view.
Religion Highjacked (75 words)
Many militants groups have distorted religion for their benefit.
Many feel, especially in the West, the religion most distorted in
recent times is Islam. Besides Islam, there are other religions
being/have been distorted in this manner. Research one of them
and write about your findings. Be sure to include the group,
what religion they are highjacking, their motivation and how
successful they are/have been in their endeavors.
Religion and the First Amendment (75 words)In regard to the
First Amendment and freedom of religion, do you think the
government should investigate and/or monitor based on
religion? Why or why not?Arizona Senate Bill 1070 (75 words)
In 2010, the State of Arizona passed Senate Bill 1070 in an
attempt to control the illegal immigration coming across that
state's borders. In your opinion, has this Bill been effective and
do you believe it is appropriate for the responsibility for this
type of enforcement to be at the State and Local level or should
it be done only at the Federal level? Take a stand defend your
position.Profiling a Nationalistic and Endemic Terror Group (2
pages of written text)
1. In a well-written paper:
. a. Choose a long-term nationalistic and endemic terror group
presented in the Jonathan White text. Write at least a two page
paper describing the group’s origins, ideology, and goals &
objectives. Include any significant attacks they have committed
in the past.
b. Make sure your discussion reflects themes in Chapters 7
through 8 of our textbook. White, J. R. (2016). Terrorism and

homeland security, (9th ed.). Boston,
MA: Cengage Learning.ISBN: 97813056337733
· Your paper must:
. i. The first page of your paper will be a cover sheet correctly
formatted according to APA guidelines.
. ii. The second page will include an Abstract.
. iii. This paper will use 1-inch margins, Times New Roman 12-
point font, and double spacing.
. iv. A minimum of three citations must be included and the
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this assignment and check your formatting against available
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· a. Excluding the cover page, the Abstract and references page,
this paper must be at least 2 pages of written text.
· b. Only COMPLETE paragraphs consisting of an introductory
sentence, a full explanation of key points supported with
properly cited sources, and a concluding sentence may be used.
· c. Only use published articles from academic texts, such as
those found at scholar.google.com (not Wikipedia).
· d. The entire paper must be your original work. It may not
include quotes and at no time should text be copied and pasted.
This paper DOES require an introductory paragraph, explicit
thesis statement, concluding paragraph, and references page.
In support of the End-of-Life Option Act
by Robert Olvera
Feb 13, 2015

Dr. Robert Olvera, M.D., is a Harvard-educated physician
specializing in family practice and sports medicine. He lives in
Orange County. He is a volunteer for Compassion & Choices,
the nation’s oldest, largest end-of-life choice advocacy
organization.
1 As a Catholic and a physician, I feel compelled to dispel the
myths about the End-of-Life Option Act (Senate Bill 128)
perpetrated by its opponents. These opponents include the
Catholic Church, some disability and palliative care groups and
the American Medical Association and its state chapter, the
California Medical Association.
2 The End-of-Life Option Act would allow a mentally
competent, terminally-ill person in the final stages of their
disease to request life-ending medication from a physician to
bring about a peaceful death. Inspired by Brittany Maynard’s
move from California to Oregon to utilize its Death with
Dignity Act for her terminal brain cancer, the End-of-Life
Option Act co-authors, Sens. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, and Bill
Monning, D-Carmel, modeled the bill mostly after the Oregon
law.
3 They made a wise decision. The Oregon law has a stellar 16-
year track record with no legally documented cases of abuse or
coercion. Dying adults who go through the lengthy process of
obtaining the medication in Oregon hold onto it for weeks or
months, as Brittany did, before taking it – if they take it at all.
4 One-third to one-half of those who get the medication each
year never take it, according to the Oregon Public Health
Department. Having it in their possession gives them great
comfort in knowing they have it in case their end-of-life
suffering exceeds their pain threshold. Contrary to claims by
opponents, medical aid in dying is not “euthanasia.“ Euthanasia
requires someone other than the dying person to take action to

cause death. It is commonly thought of as lethal injection and
often referred to as “mercy killing.” Euthanasia is legal in a few
European countries, but it is illegal throughout the United
States.
5 Medically and legally, aid in dying also is not “assisted
suicide,” as critics wrongly call it. The American Public Health
Association , the nation’s largest organization of its kind,
supports aid in dying. It recognizes that “the term ‘suicide’ or
‘assisted suicide’ is inappropriate when discussing the choice of
a mentally competent, terminally ill patient.”
6 The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine,
American College of Legal Medicine, American Medical
Student Association and American Medical Women’s
Association have adopted similar policies.
7 The five states that authorize aid in dying – Oregon,
Washington, Montana, Vermont and New Mexico – have
separate laws prohibiting assisted suicide. The death certificates
of terminally ill adults who utilize aid in dying in these states
confirm that they died from their terminal disease, not assisted
suicide.
8 In addition, 17,000 U.S. doctors representing 28 medical
specialties support by a 54 percent to 31 percent margin the
decisions of patients with “incurable and terminal” diseases to
end their lives, according to an online survey conducted by
Medscape.
9 Despite the opposition of some disability groups to aid in
dying, polls of people with disabilities show they support this
end-of-life option by the same percentage as the general
population.
10 When a person with only months, weeks or even days to live

cannot get relief from extreme pain, we should allow that
person the option to end their suffering when the time comes.
My 25-year-old daughter, Emily Rose, desperately pleaded for
this option during the final few agonizing months of her life last
spring, when she suffered in horrific pain from terminal
leukemia, despite getting great home hospice and palliative
care.
11 I am at peace knowing that Emily Rose is now in heaven,
where she is running free from cancer. I pray to God for the
passage of the End-of-Life Option Act. It will ensure that dying
Californians have the option to pass peacefully in their sleep,
suffer less, and spare themselves the pain of a lengthy and
prolonged death.
_____________________________________________________
_________________________
Olvera, R. (2015, February 13). In Support of the End-Of-Life

Option Act. OC Register. Retrieved October 1, 2015, from
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/life-651088-option-
dying.html
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/life-651088-option-
dying.html
Suicide by Choice?
Not So Fast Mattlin
Pre-Reading : Context
Author Audience
Larger Conversation
New Vocabulary:
congenital neuromuscular weakness (n) : a weakness of the
nervous system and muscular system
(where the nerves cause muscle failure) that is present from
birth.
spinal muscular atrophy (n) : Spinal muscular atrophy is a group
of inherited diseases that cause
muscle damage and weakness, which get worse over time and
eventually lead to death.
ingesting (n) : the act of taking into the body by the mouth for
digestion or absorption
legislation (n) : laws considered collectively
Purpose
Suicide by Choice?

Not So Fast Mattlin
Commentator Ben Mattlin was born with a physical disability:
He has limited movement, and uses a
wheelchair. On this Valentine's Day, he reflects on the life he's
built with his wife — who's not disabled — and
how the world treats them as a couple.
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STEVE INSKEEP, host:
Commentator Ben Mattlin is thinking about his own marriage on
this Valentine's Day.
Mr. BEN MATTLIN:
I've always thought unlikely attractions: Romeo and Juliet,
Cinderella and Prince Charming, were
the romantic ideal. Some people say my wife and I are an
unlikely match. I was born with a severe,
progressive neuro-muscular weakness; I use a motorized
wheelchair. And I've always relied on
other people to help me with all manner of personal care tasks.
My wife doesn't have a disability.
We had our first date in the summer of 1982. I asked her to an
Elvis Costello concert. To me, she
was irresistibly attractive; smart, and easy to talk to. She
thought I was gentle, funny and good
company. Before our date, I worked out a spiel--a good-natured,
but frank explanation of what
exactly I could and could not do. I tried to imagine the kinds of
things that might be on her mind. I
have weak muscles, that's all, I said. I have full sensation from
head to toe, since I'm not technically
paralyzed. And I'm not delicate; so don't worry about hurting
me.
When news of our relationship broke, my family was pleased.

Her mother, however, expressed
concern. I felt hurt but not surprised. My mother-in-law and I
are friends now, yet other people have
a hard time accepting our couplehood. They say I must be rich,
or my wife must be an incorrigible
do-gooder. Strangers ask in disbelief if we're related. They
assume we're brother and sister, or that
she's my nurse. We get better reactions when she rides on my
lap in my wheelchair.
At home, we keep our wedding portrait prominently displayed.
That way, visitors don't assume I
became disabled after the marriage, and she's only staying with
me out of loyalty. When my wife
was pregnant with our second daughter, one nurse saw me and
abruptly pulled her aside. She
wanted to know if it was really mine. I don't know which of us
was more insulted.
This prejudice about disabled people is deeply ingrained in our
society. So deeply ingrained that
federal disability benefits programs have rules punishing, even
disqualifying, recipients who get
married. My wife and I have spent practically every moment
together since we first shared an
apartment. Perhaps facing obstacles like these have
strengthened our resolve, our commitment to
each other; and perhaps that is the most romantic ideal of all.
INSKEEP: Commentary from Ben Mattlin. He's a writer in Los
Angeles and is working on a memoir.
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Suicide by Choice?
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary Word
Word
Form
Guess Meaning from
Context NOUN VERB ADJ ADV
coerce (par. 2) ————
autonomy (par. 5) ————
optimists (par. 10) ————
aspirations (par. 7) ———— ————
Word
Form Guess the Meaning from Context Synonym
scant (par. 3)

notoriously (par. 3)
porous (par. 4)
inadvertently (par. 4)
subtle (par. 5)
invariable (par. 5)
tenuous (par. 7)
untenable (par. 9)
dearth (par. 11)
inexorable (par. 11)
Part 1 : Academic Vocabulary Words
Part 2 : Word Families
Part 3 : Phrases : Guess the meaning of the following phrases:
1) “surgical blunder”
2) “zoned out”
3) “the deck is stacked”
4) Paraphrase the following: “…how thin and porous the border
between coercion and free choice is”
Suicide by Choice?

Not So Fast Mattlin
Paragraph 1
What is Mattlin’s Call to Action?
What is Mattlin’s Claim?
Paragraph 2-3
What safeguards are put in place to ensure the law would not be
abused?
Why does Mattlin “remain skeptical”?
Paragraph 4-5
In your own words, what is a major reason he has for making
the claim? (this point could also be
called a ‘sub-claim’)
Paragraph 6-8
In brief, describe Mattlin’s health over his life, highlighting the
three periods of childhood,
adulthood, and recently.
Paragraph 9
He describes “one of many invisible forces of coercion.” What
is it?
Who usually does it?
Reading Questions

Suicide by Choice?
Not So Fast Mattlin
Reading Questions
Why is it painful for Mattlin?
Paragraph 10-11
What is a second force?
How can it affect the person?
Paragraph 12
What major issue does he have with the language of the law?
How could it be exploited?
Paragraph 13
Does Mattlin think the “thoughtful safeguards” are in place?
Why or why not?
Suicide by Choice?
Not So Fast Mattlin
Charting the Text
What does the author SAY? What does the author DO?

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Suicide by Choice?
Not So Fast Mattlin
Introduction: Summarize Mattlin’s introduction in your own
words.
paragraphs _______
Claim: What is Mattlin’s claim/thesis/position?
Evidence Evidence

Conclusion: Summarize Mattlin’s conclusion in your own
words.
paragraphs _______
Idea #1 : Scant evidence of
abuse
paragraphs _______
Idea #2 : No one could
understand until they have
seen a loved one suffer.
paragraphs _______
Idea #3 : Invisible Coercion
paragraphs _______
Evidence
Argument Structure
Suicide by Choice?
Not So Fast Mattlin
Mattlin argues that …
Because …
He supports his argument with …
Reflection

Personal Response:
1) What do you think about Mattlin’s argument? Do you
agree/disagree? Why?
2) Which (if any) of his points are most compelling?
3) Do you think his argument is effective overall? Why or why
not?
In Defense of
Voluntary Euthanasia Hook Blackboard
Pre-Reading : The Rhetorical Triangle
Author Audience
Larger Conversation
New Vocabulary:
congestive heart failure (n) : a condition that occurs when the
heart is unable to pump
sufficiently to maintain blood flow to meet the needs of the
body.
octogenarian (n) : a person between 80 and 90 years old.
infirm (adj) : not physically or mentally strong, especially
through age or illness.
surcease (n) : the end
envisage (v) : contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a
desirable future event.
infallible (adj) : incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.

Purpose
In Defense of
Vocabulary
New Vocabulary Words
Definition Bank :
a. conscious; aware; expressed clearly; easy to understand.
b. contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable
future event.
c. force (something unwelcome or unfamiliar) to be accepted or
put in place.
d. impose a misleading belief upon (someone); deceive; fool.
e. of or in a state of deep unconsciousness for a prolonged or
indefinite period, especially as a result
of severe injury or illness AND (of a person) having or showing
the weaknesses or diseases of old
age, especially a loss of mental faculties.
f. strict; extremely thorough, exhaustive, or accurate.
g. uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted.
Sentences :

1. When recovering from a serious illness or disease, it is
usually important to follow a ___________________
diet.
2. The violence in the Game of Thrones seems
___________________________ . It would be just as good
without it.
3. It is not fair to try to ___________________________ our
views on other people.
4. We should not ___________________________ ourselves
into thinking change is easy.
Definition Synonym Word Form
lucid ¶1
rigorous ¶2
comatose senility ¶5
gratuitous ¶5
delude ¶8
impose ¶9
envisage ¶12
In Defense of
Reading Questions - Guided Annotation

Paragraph 1-2
What is the purpose of the first two paragraphs? Predict the
author’s position based on the story
that he told.
What did the doctor predict?
Paragraph 3-4
Where does the author state his claim? Underline the claim.
Restate the author’s claim in your own
words.
In these paragraphs, the author argues there are two reasons for
his position. What are they?
•
•
Paragraph 5
The author supports his second reason with an explanation. Why
doesn’t he want to impose on his
family?
“In their joy at my recovery they have been forgotten”. What is
the purpose of this statement? What
is he referring to when he says ‘they’?
In Defense of
Paragraph 6-7

The author address an opposing opinion, then states that he
disagrees. What is the opposing
opinion?
Paragraph 8-9
The author refutes (or proves the opposing opinion wrong) in
these paragraphs. Why does he
disagree with those who “cling to life”?
Paragraph 10
The author addresses another imposition. Who else would be
burdened if he had another stroke?
Paragraph 11-12
The author presents a call to action in order to persuade his
readers of his argument. What is he
asking the readers to do?
How does he support his argument in these paragraphs?
statistics expert opinion personal experience repetition
rhetorical question emotional appeal historical references
Paragraph 13
In the last paragraph, the author connects his argument back to
his original claim. Who is
responsible for the decision?
Personally, do you agree with the author’s claim?

In Defense of
Charting the Text
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In Defense of

Argument Breakdown : The Web
Introduction: Summarize Hook’s introduction in your own
words.
paragraphs 1-2
Claim: What is Hook’s claim/thesis/position?
Idea #1
paragraph 3
Idea #3
paragraphs 6-9
Idea #2
paragraphs 4-5
Idea #4
paragraph 10
Evidence Evidence Evidence Evidence
Conclusion: Summarize Hook’s conclusion in your own words.
paragraphs 11-13
In Defense of
Personal Response:
1) What do you think about Hook’s argument? Do you

2) Which (if any) of his points are most compelling?
3) Do you think his argument is effective overall? Why or why
not?
Hook argues that …
Because …
He supports his argument with …
Promoting a
Culture of Abandonment
Wagner Page 245-247
Author Audience
Larger Conversation
New Vocabulary:
Anesthesiologists (n) : people who specialize in insensitivity to
pain, especially as artificially
induced by the administration of gases or the injection of drugs
before surgical operations.
(painkillers)
Analgesic (adj) : acting to relieve pain

Proponents (n) : a person who advocates or supports a theory,
proposal, or project.
Latter (adj.) : denoting the second or second mentioned of two
people or things.
Purpose
Promoting a
Wagner Page 245-247
Paragraph 1
What happened in Oregon that caused Wagner to write this
article?
What does Wagner expect will happen?
What do you think is her position on the topic?
Paragraph 2-4
What is the first “policy reason” Wagner believes is proof that
assisted suicide is wrong?
How will supporters of assisted suicide ensure no abuse in the
process?
Why does Wagner believe it is impossible to avoid abuse? Hint:
there are multiple reasons.

What is the ‘latter group’?
Paragraph 5-7
“Similarly, the confinement of this right to the terminally ill is
impossible”
Underline the subject in this sentence.
What is impossible?
What is “this right” referring to?
In your own words, explain the second reason Wagner gives to
persuade readers to oppose assisted
suicide:
Promoting a
Wagner Page 245-247
Why is ‘terminal’ a problematic word? There are at least two
reasons.
Paragraph 8-9
Wagner argues that we have the ability to end pain and
suffering. Why does she suggest we don’t
use these other options?
Paragraph 10
What is the most important reason to oppose assisted suicide?

Wagner argues that it is a problem that we only offer the ‘new
right’ to people who are sick and not
to everyone. She questions why we only offer it to people who
are sick. What are the two possible
reasons that we only offer the ‘new right’ to people who are
sick?
What does this say about her opinion?
Paragraph 11
What are two examples Wagner gives to support her idea that
we are a culture of abandonment?
Paragraph 12-14
What does Wagner suggest we do?
Wagner uses parentheses in paragraph 13. What is she ‘doing’
in those parentheses?
What are the two cultures that Wagner suggests we have a
choice from?
Promoting a
Wagner Page 245-247
Charting the Text
1

2
3
4
5
6 / 7
8
9
10
11
12 / 13
14
Promoting a
Wagner Page 245-247
Introduction: Summarize Wagner’s introduction in your own
words.
Claim: What is Wagner’s claim/thesis/position?

Conclusion: What conclusion does Wagner come to in this
paragraph? paragraph 11
Call to Action: What does Wagner want us to do? paragraphs
12
Comparisons: Wagner makes many interesting comparisons in
her conclusion. Which
comparisons interest you? paragraphs 11-14
Promoting a
Wagner Page 245-247
Personal Response:
1) What do you think about Wagner’s argument? Do you
2) Which (if any) of her points are most compelling?
3) Do you think her argument is effective overall? Why or why
not?
Wagner argues that …
Because …
She supports her argument with …

In Support of the
End-of-Life Option Act Olvera Blackboard
Author Audience
Larger Conversation
New Vocabulary:
Palliative Care (n) : Specialized medical care for people with
serious illnesses. It focuses on
providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, physical
stress, and mental stress of a
serious illness—whatever the diagnosis.
Hospice (adj) :a home providing care for the sick, especially the
terminally ill. It typically focuses
on comfort and care rather than a cure.
Leukemia (n) : a very serious disease in which the body forms
too many white blood cells
Purpose
In Support of the
Paragraph 1
How does Olvera establish authority in this paragraph?

How does he connect to his audience?
Who opposes the End-of-Life Act?
Paragraph 2
What is the purpose of paragraph 2?
Who co-authored the bill?
Paragraph 3-7
Why does Olvera believe it is wise to model the bill after
Oregon?
Olvera challenges the common titles associated with this
process. Please explain why he disagrees
with each term.
- “euthanasia”
- “mercy killing”
- “assisted suicide”
Paragraph 8-9
Olvera argues that there are two important groups of people who
support “aid in dying”.
1)
2)
In your own words, what is Olvera’s claim?

In Support of the
Charting the Text
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In Support of the

In Support of the
Personal Response:
1) What do you think about Wagner’s argument? Do you
2) Which (if any) of her points are most compelling?
3) Do you think her argument is effective overall? Why or why
not?
Wagner argues that …
Because …
She supports her argument with …
Promoting a Culture of Abandonment
By Teresa R. Wagner
Teresa Wagner is a legal analyst specializing in human rights
and right-to-life issues at Family Research Council, a
Washington-based organization with the following mission
statement: "The Family Research Council champions marriage
and family as the foundation of civilization, the seedbed of
virtue, and the wellspring of society. We shape public debate
and formulate public policy that values human life and upholds
the institutions of marriage and the family. Believing that God
is the author of life, liberty, and the family, we promote the
Judeo-Christian worldview as the basis for a just, free, and
stable society.”
1 The death toll in Oregon will really begin to rise now.

Attorney General Janet Reno has decided that a federal law
regulating drug usage (the Controlled Substances Act) somehow
does not apply to the use of lethal drugs in Oregon, the only
state in the country to legalize assisted suicide. The evidence
will begin pouring in on how deadly assisted suicide can be, not
just for the individuals subject to it, of course, but for the
culture that countenances it.
2 There are frightening and compelling policy reasons to oppose
assisted suicide. Foremost is the risk of abuse. Proponents of
assisted suicide always insist that the practice will be carefully
limited: It will be available, they claim, only for those who
request it and only for those who are dying anyway (the
terminally ill).
3 Such limitations are virtually impossible. People will
inevitably be killed without knowing or consenting to it.
Several state courts have already ruled as a matter of state
constitution^ law that any rights given to competent patients
(those who can request death) must also be given to incompetent
ones (those who cannot). Third parties make treatment decisions
for this latter group. Now legal, assisted suicide will be just
another treatment option for surrogate decision makers to select,
even if the patient has made no indication of wanting to die.
4 What's more, the cost crunch in medicine virtually guarantees
that hospitals and doctors will eventually pressure, a" then
coerce, patients to avail themselves of this easy and cheap =-
tentative,
5 Similarly, the confinement of this right to the terminally ill is
impossible. As many groups opposing assisted suicide have
noted, the term itself is hardly clear The Oregon law defines
terminal disease as that which will produce death within six
months. Is that with or without medical treatment? Many
individuals will die in much less than six months without very
simple medical treatment (insulin injections, for example).They
could be deemed terminal under this law and qualify for this
new right to death.
6 More importantly the rationale for providing this new right

almost demands its extension beyond limits. After all, if we are
trying to relieve pain and suffering, the non-terminal patient,
who faces years of discomfort, has a more compelling claim to
relief than the terminal patient, whose hardship is supposed to
be short-lived. Courts will quickly recognize this and dispense
with any terminal requirement.
7 So much for limits.
8 The tragedy, of course, is that we have the ability right now to
relieve the suffering of those in even the most excruciating
pain. Anesthesiologists and others in pain centers around the
country claim that we can provide adequate palliation 99
percent of the time.
9 Unfortunately, certain obstacles prevent patients from getting
the pain relief they need: Many in medicine fear, mistakenly,
that patients will become addicted to analgesic medications;
overzealous regulatory agencies penalize doctors who prescribe
the large doses needed (or they penalize the pharmacies that
stock them); and medical professionals generally are not trained
adequately in pain and symptom management.
10 The more important reasons to oppose assisted suicide,
however, are moral: We must decide what type of people we are
and how we will care for the weak and sick among us, for it is
only to these dependents, not to all individuals, that we are
offering this new right. Is this because we respect their
autonomy (allegedly the basis of the right to die) more than our
own? Or do we unconsciously (or consciously) believe their
lives are of less worth and therefore less entitled to make
demands of care (not to mention money) on us?
11 Make no mistake: Despite incessant clamor about rights, ours
is actually a culture of abandonment. The acceptance of assisted
suicide and euthanasia in this culture is almost inevitable.
Abortion, of course, was the foundation. It taught (and still
teaches) society to abandon mothers, and mothers to abandon
their children. Divorce (husbands and wives leaving or
abandoning each other) sends the same message. The
commitment to care for others, both those who have been given

to us and those we have selected, no longer exists. We simply
do not tolerate those we do not want.
12 What to do about the advance of this culture? Replace it with
a culture of care, a culture of commitment.
13 This is obviously no easy task for it is neither easy to
administer care nor easy to receive it (Indeed, the elderly cite
the fear of dependence most often when indicating why they
might support assisted suicide.) But it is precisely within this
context of care, of giving and receiving, that we enjoy the
dignity particular to human beings. Otherwise we would simply
shoot the terminal patient as we do the dying horse.
14 The assisted suicide question is really the battle between
these two cultures. We can follow the way of Jack Kevorkian or
of Mother Teresa. The life of Mother Teresa was a witness to
nothing if not to commitment and care. She was simply there to
care for the sick and the old, to assure them of their worth. Jack
Kevorkian and our culture of abandonment, epitomized by
assisted suicide and all the abuses to follow, surely will not.
_____________________________________________________
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Wagner, T. (2012). Promoting a Culture of Abandonment. In S.
McDonald and W. Salomone (Eds.) The Writer’s Response. (4th
edition, pp. 245-247). Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

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