The Business of Being Born Discussion Chase Bauer Washburn University School of Nursing Main Points McGrath‚ P.‚ & Ray-Barruel‚ G. (2009) The film “Business of Being Born” was very eye–opening‚ the main points included topics like‚ the numbers of cesarean births now a days‚ and why this was happening. Their conclusion was based off the times of when the majority of C-section deliveries were performed‚ which happened to be 4 pm‚ and 10pm. (“Business of Being Born‚ 2008”) Their supporting
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Why Animals are not Equal to Human Beings Some philosophers deny that animals warrant direct moral concern due to religious or philosophical theories of the nature of the world and the proper place of its inhabitants. One of the earliest and clearest expressions of this kind of view comes to us from Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.). According to Aristotle‚ there is a natural hierarchy of living beings. The different levels are determined by the abilities present in the beings due to their natures. While
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Professor Mendoza ENGL 1020 1 November 2013 We Are All Equal In her essay Of the Pernicious Effects Which Arise from the Unnatural Distinctions Established in Society‚ Mary Wollstoncraft shifts the focus away from the reality of what society feels a woman’s duties should be in the eighteenth century to the inequalities that the nation’s women were actually dealing with. During the eighteenth century it was believed that a woman’s sole duties were to take care of her children‚ tend to her husband
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cruelty and human rights‚ but when the issues are put together which will reign over the other? The author Peter Singer of “All Animals are Equal” and “Tools for Research” presents his argument for determining when animal experiments are justified. The author starts his paper with a counter argument‚ questioning if one would be willing to let thousands of people die if those people could be saved by experimentation on a single animal. The answer is a unanimous no; in our culture we value human life over
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In order to understand Peter Singer’s article "All Animals Are Equal"‚ one has to look at his viewpoint and perspective. Singer is a utilitarian‚ which is someone who believes that best outcome is something that causes that greatest amount of pleasure (or the least amount of pain) for the greatest number of people. However‚ in this definition the word ’people’ is used‚ as to mean only humans. This is the point that Singer is trying to argue. Who is to say that animals don’t feel pain or experience
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“The Business of Being Born” In America and globally‚ we are known to do things differently apart from other countries‚ and sometimes it is beneficial‚ but by doing things differently; are we setting ourselves in the lead or few steps back? For hundred of years‚ women have wrestled with their womanhood‚ bodies‚ and what it means to be a woman in our society. Being a woman comes with a wonderful and empowering responsibility--giving birth. What sets us aside from other countries is that the process
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Review: The Business of Being Born My view of childbirth was limited before this movie. The Business of Being Born challenged every aspect of the pregnancy process and childbirth experience‚ for me. Childbirth is a billion dollar industry that has skyrocketed in the United States. This movie‚ directed by Rickki Lake‚ examines all the different approaches to childbirth. In this documentary it shared scary statistics of the United States birth rates and mortalities. For being a developed country we
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sHeidi Paul Business of Being Born There is a culture of “women-only” that runs rampant in spaces for pregnant women. Much of the talk is about how valuable women find the support of other women. It also excludes men from the process and experience of pregnancy‚ as much as they can experience it. Overall the film focuses on the fact that women have been told they’re not responsible for their birth. Katsi Cook‚ a Mohawk women and Native women’s health activist said she “believes that
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The Business of being born The Business of being born is an informative film that highlights us how hospitals turned into businesses and who actually benefits from the medicalization and the money that is made. We could see women giving birth naturally at home and others in hospitals and what has happened to women throughout the years in regards to childbirth. Also‚ doctors and midwives are interviewed which gives us a perspective from both sides. Before watching this film‚ I did not know about
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different standpoints. In “The Case for Animals Rights” which is written by Tom Regan‚ Regan states that animals should have fundamental rights as humans‚ and also be protected from the unnecessary harm. In addition‚ in Peter Singer’s article “All Animals Are Equal”‚ he has the same standpoint as Regan that animals should have the same principles that human received. In contrast‚ in the article “The Case of the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research” by Carl Cohen‚ he supports Regan in his moral theory
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