The Value of Life Hyperdoc

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What are your
The monetary value Beliefs about the personal values?
Quality of afterlife
of body parts
life/medical care

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Other teens priorities TED talk on
in life happiness

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Podcast on happiest
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Two perspectives on
assisted suicide

The Value of Life

What makes our lives meaningful?

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situation--life science behind Life advice from
insurance happiness famous people How human lives are
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NAME___Jocelyn Jeon______ Date_5/11/17____ Points from cards ( 20 /20 max)

After viewing/reading/completing AT LEAST HALF (six boxes) of the hyperdoc, make FOUR
comments/realizations/implications that you had from a combination of any of the sites/sources.
Each comment must be at least 50 words in length---200 words total. Please indicate which
comment is based on which source/part of the hyperdoc as well. Submit to turnitin.com.

Please create a new document, like the chart below, for your comments and discussion questions.
This will be the basis for a socratic discussion.

SOURCE/QUOTE or PARAPHRASE (10 points COMMENT/REALIZATION/IMPLICATION or

each) DISCUSSION QUESTION

"My purpose in life is to help other people. I get
the most amazing feeling when I can help
someone less fortunate than me"(Gallup).
Does it take a lot for people to be willing to help
other people?
Does helping other people always help to make
people more positive and happy?

Be more concerned with your character than Don't be concerned with the things that people
your reputation, because your character is what have to say about you. Your perspective and
you really are, while your reputation is merely characteristics are much more important than
what others think you are(John Wooden). what other people think about you.

According to the 2016 State Department
Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, there were
only 18,930 prosecutions and 6,609 convictions
for trafficking globally in 2015(ILO).
Do you think that the State Department
purposely chooses not to arrest people that are
related to the business of trafficking?
Should people do anything and everything in
their power to help others?

Everyone is expected to wait patiently for the
Grim Reaper. Why? What could justify requiring
someone to live who seriously prefers to
die?(Kleiman).
What is so great about living life out?
There always could be better days to live.
Ending your life will not let you to see the end of
the story and could cause you to not be able to
see better days in your life.

SEVERAL of Classmates Responses During Discussion

It should be the person choice to kill themselves. If the person is always in pain and is
suffering every minute it could just be better to let go.
It is your life to live, so it shouldn't be important to think about what other people have to say
about you.
If you have a harder life, you tend to see what you've gained and makes everything more
meaningful. The more harder you work the more stronger you become.
Police officers and officials could be bribed into purposely not doing their jobs and letting
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people off.
Some people with more money, make it seem intimidating to persecute.
Following a certain list, might help people to be at peace when they leave this world.
Acknowledging your faults can show the higher ups that you're mature and can take
responsibility for your actions no matter what that may be.