Essays on Death

The Black Death, also known as the Black Plague, or the Bubonic Plague killed one third of the population of Europe during its reign in the 13th and 14th centuries. The arrival of this plague set the scene for years of strife and heroism. Leaving the social and Economic aspect in a standstill. The phantom…

            Rebecca Cornell, age 73, died in Rhode Island.  Her oldest son, Thomas Cornell, found her badly burned body close to the large, walk-in fireplace in her bedroom.  Two weeks after her burial, her son Thomas was arrested for her murder.  His is the first murder trial in Rhode Island  and also the first in…

Religion played a central role in Spartan society in the ancient world. In addition to being well known for their fierce fighting force, Spartans were well known amongst other Greek city-states for their devotion and serious attitude towards religion and the gods. Because of their strict devotion to religious practises, they were often mocked by…

Introduction Racism in America has, is, and always will be an argument we fight to end for decades to come. Our Nation was grounded upon the belief that white men and women are superior to all other races. This has proven to be true across several different platforms. From slavery, to prohibition and the war…

If there is one constant in this world, it would surely be death. Dying is an unavoidable part of life. Indeed, everything that lives will at sometime die. The fear of death is held by everyone. Perhaps it is the correlation of death with pain or the unknown state of the human consciousness after death,…

According to Webster’s New World Compact Office Dictionary, euthanasia means ‘the act of causing death painlessly, so as to end suffering’. There are many opinions about this subject, along with important questions. The question this paper examines is, “Should the government legalize euthanasia? ” If euthanasia were to become legalized, it would simply be the…

“Liberty or death! ” This phrase was used by both Patrick Henry and Malcolm X in their speeches. Even though these men gave their speeches almost two centuries apart their goal was the same. They both wanted to convince their audience to fight for freedom. Through the use of rhetorical strategies, Patrick Henry was successful…

In our understandable desire to be fair and to protect the rights of offenders in our criminal justice system, let us never ignore or minimize the rights of their victims. The death penalty is a necessary tool that reaffirms the sanctity of human life while assuring that convicted killers will never again prey upon others….

According to Nelson and Trevino (2004), “Organizations must care about ethics because workers depend on them to help define the boundaries of acceptable and unacceptable behavior. ” (p. 23) Ethical issues can be very complex because of the many stakeholders. Organizations must determine their ethical obligations to the stakeholders before determining a response. The following…

I was a news carrier from 1982-1983. This was my first job as a young teenager. My brother and I would troop through both good and bad weather to deliver newspapers all over my neighborhood in a suburb of NY. We delivered about 50 papers a day during the week and 75 on Saturday. I…