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You can find the schedule for the entire semester on the course schedule page and your syllabus. 

Based on the experiences of John and Anthony as explored in the two podcasts that were part of this week’s assignment, discuss three specific things that could be done to help break the cycle of mental health care systems and the criminal justice system their stories illustrate.*** Remember that copying/pasting from our eBook/course materials, the internet, or using AI like ChatGPT to “write” your answer violates my Academic Integrity policy. USE YOUR OWN WORDS or, if you are unable to do that, properly quote/informally cite them as I discuss in the Academic Integrity section of the Syllabus ***

You must attend class every Thursday, The classroom is located at the Simulation Center in the HUB or in our BFAC classroom.  

Belgium policy on Physician Assisted Suicide is an example of the Slippery Slope argument because now non-terminal persons can be legally killed with non-terminal illnesses if their quality of life is threatened. 

Problem 1: Let y(t)= r(t)-r(t-1)-r(t-2)+2r(t-3)-r(t-4)-u(t-4), where r(t) is the ramp function.   a) plot y(t)    (10 pts.) b) plot z(t)=y(2t-1)  (10 pts.) c) plot y’(t)  (10 pts.) d) calculate the energy of y(t)  (10 pts.)   note: r(t)=t for t≥0 and 0 for t

This bill declared that indgenous people were no longer considered members of “sovereign nations” and that the U.S. Government could not establish treaties with them.  Basically, it put an end to the federal government making treaties with individual Native American tribes.

I have read the syllabus and understand that the syllabus is a binding agreement between the teacher and student.  I understand what is expected of me for this course and accept the terms and conditions.  (This counts as a syllabus validation)

Doctrine of Double Effect is used to distinguish  passive from active euthanasia. For instance, you can use the Doctrine of Double Effect to demonstrate that a terminally ill patient that dies from complications from morphine was not “actively” euthanized.  

In actuality these were lower paid hands but were transformed by fictional novels and wild west shows.  They were representative of the “natural” man.

Withholding extraordinary means is a form of active euthanasia. It is illegal in NYS.