Humanities Homework Help

Thats how you should the reply, how does the author’s post compare to yours? Can you answer their
question (use credible resources!)? How might these beliefs and values
(i.e. theirs and yours) affect how we live AND how we approach dying?
Feel free to ask questions to your classmates, too! My post: “so you can compare with other classmates

I am horrified and, at the same time, surprised about the facts that I have learned about death. The idea that we all will die at some point in time horrifies me, and the fact that there are some ethical issues surrounding death, like knowing the difference between killing someone and allowing one to die, has surprised me. I am now relieved that federal law under the Patient Determination Act allows patients to decide how they want to live or die (Heimann, 2018). My feelings come from the fact that death is associated with grief and loss, which scares me when I think about the emotional pain that loved ones go through and the financial strain associated with death, like preparation of a will, life insurance, and performance of burial rites. I have always assumed that death occurred naturally and that there was no such issue as aiding death in hospitals. The realization that the law allows for doctor-assisted suicide has left me wondering how thin a line has been created in proving and deciding to end a patient’s suffering by inducing death.
My beliefs about death are shaped by the society that I live in, including the church and what the bible teaches about the same and the interactions that I have had with friends from different communities who have varied beliefs about death. I have learned that we need to face and prepare well for death by writing a will, having life insurance, having an autopsy done, or choosing to donate organs. It is also an eye-opener for me that there are legal options for end-of-life care. After reading the course materials this week are; why must people die?, is there life after death?, how will I prepare for my death? And if I was to die today, what would I regret not doing? Classmates Posts :

1- Ailin Martinez-Vela: After reading the lesson for the week I wasn’t very surprised on the information I read. I think I wasn’t surprised because like most people death has always been an intriguing topic to me. I have done my own research on death, so some of the information wasn’t completely new to me. I realize that for many people death is a topic that they prefer not to talk about. Personally, me dying is something I rarely think about not completely sure why. I think more about the people around me dying and how that would make me feel and what that would mean. I noticed that as I am getting older the idea of people that I love dying is something that crosses my mind daily and a fear that I try not to think about. I like to think that my loved ones that have passed are no longer suffering and know that they are always watching over me. I think that religion has shaped my believes on death and has also exposed me to certain fears. The fear of whether hell exists or not and the fear of not knowing if there really is something else waiting for us after we die. In today’s lesson I learned about “The Dying Person’s Bill of Rights” and all the rights we have as we are preparing to die. My favorite right in this bill was the right to not die alone. I think this is important to know and feel that somebody cares in the last moments of your life. Write a reply…

2- Esmeralda Valenzuela: When I think of death, my first initial thought is that it was that person’s time, whether that individual died of old age, unexpectedly, or death is known due to illness. Death is inevitable, we are all going to die at some point in our lives, for some it’s scary to accept that, while for others it’s more rationalized. Based on the content in this week’s lesson, the emotion I felt was acceptance. I had two close relatives pass away in September, one due to cancer, and the other was unexpected. My family took some time of bereavement to mourn our loss and to be quite frank it was a bit difficult for me to see my parents so distraught. Although it was a very clouded month for my family, we then were able to celebrate our relatives lives and built our first Dia de los Muertos alter to honor them and everyone else we love and have missed. My family definitely has shaped my beliefs when it comes to honoring those we love. When it comes to the stages of grieving, does time apply to these stages? Or in other words, is grief limitless. Write reply…