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Suicide Argumentative Essay

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Despite what many might think, Murder Suicide is well known across hundreds of nations all over the world. Murder Suicide has been around for several centuries and has a very important meaning in the lives of many. It would be safe to assume that Murder Suicide is going to be around for a long time and have an enormous impact on the lives of many people. What can we do to stop the killing? Murder-suicides are nearly always committed with a gun, and it is critical to stop potential killers from having easy access to firearms. One important step would be to restrict access to guns for individuals who have a history of domestic violence or have threatened suicide. Within the six-month period, there were 617 murder-suicide deaths, of which 285 …show more content…

Guilt can be caused by a number of things. Kevin Sites mentioned in an interview with former war veterans that civil destruction and collateral damage is one of the worst and most enduring legacy from a war. Having the burden of guilt in one’s mind and in one’s heart can be extremely dangerous to themselves and others. The burden of guilt can drive people to many different experiences and action. For example, in Edgar Allen Poe’s, The Tell Tale Heart, the narrator had guilt from killing an innocent elder man which led him to hearing things then confessing to the authorities. The fact that one would even go to the point of killing someone is terrifying to some. Sites also mentioned in the interview that you have to put personal beliefs away while in war. One will have to decide whether you are going to fight for one’s country or one’s personal beliefs. The most important precondition for moral injury is a sense of transgression in one’s mind and body (Sites). If one completes an action that they are not confident in, know the reaction that will come after it the action. Every action has either a positive or negative reaction. Guilt, one of the contributing factors of murder suicide, can lead to

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Murder-Suicide in Families (2011), “States with less restrictive gun control laws have as much as eight times the rate of murder-suicides as those with the most restrictive gun control laws” (para. 7). Statistics like this one explain that strict gun laws has a greater chance of preventing murder-suicides. Knowing this can be a distinct advantage in having one way to combat this from happening. In addition Murder-Suicide in Families (2011), explains that “Nearly three-quarters (74 percent) of domestic violence survivors rate the assistance they received at their shelters as "very helpful," and another

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Have you ever lied to your parents? Or took something that wasn’t yours? Even though those are small acts of indiscretion, im sure you still have some guilt from doing so. Now, of course there's bigger guilt in life than simple petty crimes. For the main instance, guilt of taking a life.

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Name: Madison Lowe Teacher: Battle Course/Period: AP English Language and Composition/Period 5 or 7 Date: 06/03/24 The damage Guilt has on a person Ever felt like you're dragging around an invisible weight that just won’t let you be? That's guilt, the ultimate party crasher in the brain. People hold on to guilt because they feel as if they want to protect someone or a relationship that they hold onto; it becomes a burden and what a person decides to keep to themselves does negatively affect them. It turns out it can affect more than just mental health negatively, it can also affect physical health. This happens to people all the time, all around the world.

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In Phil Baker’s article, “Guilt and Shame”, Baker reports that when one feels shame or guilt the way they act towards others and perceive themselves is tremendously affected in a negative way. He claims that guilt in not healthy because it harms your relationships with yourself and others. He supports this claim by explaining how guilt is connected with moral and immoral decisions so, when one breaks this bond guilt is used as a tool to try to fix the horrible actions, which is one way our bodies will be affected with guilt (3). Next, Baker determines that by diverting blame or, blaming problems on others is an effect of guilt and will only harm the ones you blame (5). Lastly, another way guilt abuses one’s relationship with others is when

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When away from home for twenty years there are very few people who could face strenuous tasks patiently. Although Homer’s Odyssey has a plethora of themes, it becomes very apparent that Homer values one characteristic more than others, which is the value of brain over brawn. Odysseus, the main character of The Odyssey, is best described by Homer’s very own words which are, “Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.” Like many Greek tales and myths, there are an abundance of lessons to be learned from the tale but in this Greek Epic Homer displays the value of expeditious thinking and patience in very perilous situations. Amidst the long voyage home to Ithaca, Odysseus is faced with many burdensome physical and mental tasks.

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Should you let anyone or any animal go through pain only to die in the end anyway? This question is hard for many people to answer or even think about. Choosing to end another person's life can be justifiable if you are taking someone out of painful existence. Killing another is justifiable act in certain situations such as Capital Punishment and Euthanasia, also in the case of George and Lennie.

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“Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death,” - Coco Chanel. Guilt is the agony of knowing one has committed a dissolute action. Sometimes, it can be as overwhelming as death itself. In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator feels remorse after killing his landlord for no legitimate reason. In “I Can Stand Him No Longer” by Raphael Dumas, the narrator is guilty of hate.

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However, on the other hand, we also seek absolution. We want to know that we’re not bad, or at least not completely. However, like various painful emotions, guilt is actually extremely important to our well-being as it plays a pivotal role in the way our morals are shaped and cultivated. It is defined as a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrongdoing, etc., whether real or imagined. Still, everyone has a different way of

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There are two main sociological strands that approach the issue of suicide, which are the Interpretivist approach and the Positivist approach, which differ tremendously in their theories on the subject of suicide. One of the most famous positivists who studied suicide is Emile Durkheim (1952), he saw suicide as a social fact, as did other positivist sociologists, which meant that suicide was able to be studied scientifically. In his study, Durkheim (1952) used already available statistics about suicide in order to create a theory on how individuals who are thinking of/or committing suicide, and also creating a social explanation for these actions. Durkheim’s study shows the possibilities for further empirical research that would allow for further development in sociology, followed by his functionalism and positivism. From Durkheim’s predecessors, Comte and Spencer, it is clear, that his work was a biological analogy, when

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