| In this section you find all of the issues that we have discuessed in class and for each I will discuss 5 pro and 5 cons for each. Then after that I will give my opinion on the issue and why |
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| Pros: | Cons: |
| Women's Choice | Loss of potential life |
| Can save the mothers life | Catholic church doesn't like it |
| Good for rape victims | Can be an excuse for irresponisble sex |
| Abortion is cheap | Fine line of what is considered a life |
| It is confidential | Father is often absent in abortion situation |
| My view of abortion is that it is moral. I am pro-choice and have always believed that it should be a women's choice because it is her body. Although I do believe it is moral and am for pro-choice, there should nevertheless be restrictions and guidelines for an abortion. |
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| Pros: | Cons: |
| One less criminal | A life is taken away |
| Punishes for the worse crimes | Almost seems barbaric |
| Keeps less in the prisons | Can possibly penalize the innocent |
| Victims famalies recieve a sense of relief | The high costs |
| Eye for an eye: you kill, you get the death penalty | Often discriminates |
| I am for the death penalty. I have always believed in the "eye for an eye" ideaology. If you murder or kill someone that you should recieve a punsishment equal to that. The only thing that can be tough, is when innocent people recieve the death penalty. |
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| Pros: | Cons: |
| Patient can die peacefully | A lot of gray area in this issue |
| Save the family members money | What if the pateint could live? |
| Saves the individual pain & suffering | The doctor has to make a tough decision |
| Family members can make the decision too | An ill mental state could cloud the decision |
| Proccess can be done quicky and painless | The individual's decision isn't always agreed with by others |
| I am for assisted suicide (PAS) and have always believed it should be the patients decision. Only that individual knows the amount of pain that they are going through, therefore only them (unless given the right up) should be the only ones to decide when to end it. |
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| Pros: | Cons: |
| Clone could be used for body parts | "Harvesting" body parts seems morbid to many |
| An alternative for infertile mothers | Takes away the uniqueness of an individual |
| Can create "super" humans! | The cost issue |
| No limit to what can be cloned | The cloning proccess can be flawed sometimes |
| The possibility of reducing STDs | Too much gray area in the issue |
| I disagree with cloning. For one, I do not think we have the adaquate technology and information yet to be able to use it yet, two, I do believe it takes away an individual's uniqueness. If there were clones all around life would be potentially a lot more boring. |
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| Pros: | Cons: |
| Can be good for security reasons | Promotes discrimination |
| The Quota system is illegal | The cops still use it though |
| The point system is based on merit | Cops tend to find loop holes |
| Cops are supposed to have proper authority | Can often be tough to tell what is a hate crime |
| Is sometimes a way of free speech | The patriot act.. |
| I strongly disagree against hate crimes (who doesn't?). In my opinion there should be stricter laws regarding hate crimes and crimes that are on the fence should just be considered hate crimes. I don't see how a hate crime could ever hardly be considered free speech when it potentially violates someone's safety. |
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| Pros: | Cons: |
| Was done for the good of our country | We possibly could have waited longer to strike |
| The idea of freeing the people from Sadam | Most people didn't suppor the war |
| Can possibly benefit the US economicaly | Can possibly hurt the US economicaly |
| Democracy is being established in Iraq | We never had the backing of the UN |
| The war was relatively short | Iraq is still unstable |
| I was in favor of the war and supported our troops along with president Bush to the fullest extent. We needed to back our troops and the Bush administration no matter what the decision, the last thing we needed was people protesting their own countries actions during a time of crisis. And there is a war to bring down a dictator such as Sadam I'm all for it. |
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| The creation of stronger bonds in relationships | Often times is the reason for single moms | |
| The ability to still have sex and not be commited | Seems easier to obtain STDs! | |
| People won't settle down at such a young age! | Might lead to affairs and adultry | |
| Get to know more people (?) | Could hurt children psychologicaly | |
| Get a better idea for a marriage partner | Our country is so sex crazy! |
| I am for sex without commitment. In today's society I think it is just inevitable. With all the porn, glam, media, etc. it's just too hard for many to resist! I think since our country has become so based upon uncommited sex that it is irreversable. How are you going to get the people that have been uncommited having sex to change now? Its like having a taste of the pie and wanting more ;-) |
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