Assisted dying by Sarah Laursen https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e Points of interest en-us 2019-02-15 07:52:35 UTC 2019-02-15 08:11:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Assisted dying is an act of kindness we all might need https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331636001 Patos --> overskriften er præget af følelser

]]> 2019-02-15 07:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331636001 Choice of words: https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331636082 "Assisted dying is an act of kindness we all might need"

"Many of us fear death a little but rightly fear an exit through months in the torture chamber."

]]> 2019-02-15 07:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331636082 "Those of us who have seen loved ones begging to die, know this." https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331636223 Patos --> egen personlig oplevelse]]> 2019-02-15 07:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331636223 Argument for assisted dying: to escape suffering in the last months. https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331636291 " this is only for those standing at the gates of death, with a terminal diagnosis of six months or less. It’s not for the depressed or the long-term sick and disabled who might have a low period "]]> 2019-02-15 07:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331636291 Logos: https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331636403 "The great majority of people – consistently over 70%in polls for many years – think they should be able to ease their exit from life (...) "]]> 2019-02-15 08:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331636403 Anaphora https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331636564 ''In the end, our bodies are our own, our lives are our own'' --> Effect of anaphora is that the reader understands the message even better. ]]> 2019-02-15 08:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331636564 "In the end, our bodies are our own, our lives are our own, and it threatens no one else to shorten the time of our dying." https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331636949 Purpose --> tekstens formål er at overbevise om at aktiv dødshjælp er en god ting]]> 2019-02-15 08:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331636949 Toynbee criticizes religion https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331637185 - "Palliative care professionals are heavily dominated by the religious"
- " So why would the religious want to hide their reasoning? Because it lacks reason, deriving instead from dogma and orders from above"]]> 2019-02-15 08:05:05 UTC https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331637185 Toulmin: refutation: https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331637314 "Everyone, religious or not, has their own view strongly held on this. There are good arguments on both sides (...)"


"The best argument against the bill – that it might exert pressure on the elderly to kill themselves to avoid being a burden – are well answered by Falconer’s tightly drawn terms: this is only for those standing at the gates of death, with a terminal diagnosis of six months or less. It’s not for the depressed or the long-term sick and disabled who might have a low period (...)" ]]> 2019-02-15 08:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331637314 Powerful ending with rhyme https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331637509 " Let the peers not leave it to the religious to wreck this bill today. Turn up and vote for this act of kindness we all might need some day."]]> 2019-02-15 08:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331637509 "The best argument against the bill – that it might exert pressure on the elderly to kill themselves to avoid being a burden" https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331637643 Argumentation imod]]> 2019-02-15 08:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331637643 "Where’s Dr Shipman when you want him?” https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331637674 Sarkasme --> Dr. Shipman var en praktiserende læge og kendt seriemorder]]> 2019-02-15 08:07:51 UTC https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331637674 Logos https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331637716 In Oregon, where such a law has been in place for years, only 0.2% of the dying avail themselves of a prescription, and a tiny proportion of those go ahead and use it. ]]> 2019-02-15 08:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/SarahLaursen/211vp8ew5d1e/wish/331637716