Using The Guidelines Presented On Page 10 Of Your Text

Using The Guidelines Presented On Page 10 Of Your Text Go To The Websi

Using the guidelines presented on page 10 of your text go to the website Procon.org and select a controversial health topic that's of interest to you. The broad categories where you'll find your topic of interest are Education, Health & Medicine (VACCINATIONS & THE RIGHT to HEALTHCARE ARE NOT TO BE USED ), Politics, Sex & Gender, and Sports (Please restrict your topic to one of these areas: Gun Conrtol Obesity Obamacare (AHA) D.A.R.E. Born Gay Concealed Hand Guns Drug Ads Medical Marijuana Animal Testing Immigration Prostitution Drinking Age Drug use in Sport Use the following outline to develop your paper: 1. What is your current/or first impression about this topic? (1-2 paragraphs) 2. Describe what your view is based upon? (existing attitudes, values, or beliefs) 3. Are your views about the topic balanced or do you need more information? 4. Using the internet find and cite , 2 FACTS that support your views and 2 FACTS that challenge your views about the topic. 5. On the Procon website open the topic you've chosen and read all the background information that is presented about the topic. Once you've read the background information read the arguments on both the pro and con sides of the topic. (Depending on the topic this may expand the pro-con discussion considerably). 6. After reading the arguments for and against, identify two discussion points (pro or con) that are based on facts and two discussion points that appear to be opinion. 7. What are the two strongest pro-con arguments that oppose your views about the topic? 8. What are the two pro-con arguments that best support your views? 9. Revisiting your first impressions about the topic is your original opinion strengthened or weakened after considering these different views? Answer the following inquiries. You should have a total of TWO responses. PART A For inquiry 2 select one of the cases (a, c or d) to respond. 2. In each of the following cases, the behavior illustrated seems to suggest that the people's values differ significantly from our own. Consider the possibility that, beneath appearances, the values are similar. Develop a plausible explanation for the difference in behavior. a. In one culture, the elderly and those with severe handicaps are put to death. It would appear that this culture does not recognize human dignity as a value. It c. Members of a tribe living in a remote jungle area commonly shun the sick. The moment members of the tribe become seriously ill, they cease to exist in the tribe's view. They must leave the village and care for themselves. If they recover, however, they are restored to tribal membership. Apparently, the tribe lacks compassion for the afflicted. d. A group of young boys are gathered together. Several men approach them, brandishing sticks and whips. They beat the boys viciously. The other male members of the tribe sit by and watch, laughing and obviously enjoying the event. It would seem that the men of this culture are sadistic, deriving pleasure from seeing others in pain. PART B Answer either inquiry 3 or 12. If you choose to answer Inquiry 12 select only one of the experiences (a or c). 3. When Hua, a Chinese woman, gave birth to a daughter rather than a son, her husband refused to look at the child. Later he punished his wife for the "offense" by withholding money and hitting her without provocation. When the child contracted pneumonia, he suggested she be left to die. Eventually, he divorced his wife -- the decree cited his disapproval of having a baby girl and specified that the wife would keep the child and he would get the apartment. This story is not that uncommon in China, where masculinity is defined as producing a son to maintain the family line. Evaluate this cultural value. 12. When a Christian missionary is sent to preach the Gospel to members of a newly discovered tribe, she has the following experiences: a. After arriving in their primative jungle settlement and establishing a friendly relationship with them, she learns that they encourage extra-marital promiscuity. She believes that this is morally wrong. She therefore explains to them that such promiscuity is immoral and an offense against God. Is the missionary's action ethical? c. The missionary now makes an even more startling discovery. Because tribe members believe women are inferior to men and a tribe with a large number of women is an outrage to the god of good sense, they strictly control the female population. Whenever the number of girl babies exceeds the percentage approved by the wise men of the tribe, they permit no more girls babies born that year to live. More specifically, they take newborn babies out into the wilderness to die. The missionary tries to persuade them that such behavior is wrong. Is this action justifiable?