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Real life situation:

Baby Iver

http://www.vancouversun.com/Tragic+life+death+story+plays+Victoria+General+Hospital/9463057/story.html

http://www.vancouversun.com/Tragic+life+death+story+plays+Victoria+General+Hospital/9463057/story.html

Summary of RLSIn December a pregnant woman collapsed and was rushed to hospital in Victoria BC, Canada.She was 22 weeks pregnant.She was declared brain dead, but her body was kept on life support for nearly 6 weeks until the baby could survive outside the womb.Baby was born, mother died the next day.

Knowledge Question 1Was it ethically correct to keep the mother alive?

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https://www.google.ae/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=bXkwU_-GI8eO8QfS_IDwAQ

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View One

Yes

View 2

No

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https://www.google.ae/search?q=fate&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=cnowU-OcLI-RhQe-9oEw&sqi=2&pjf=1&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1152&bih=648#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=_VdS-mr4j4dL0M%253A%3BuOFT2HDSovE4GM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.ifmelranthezoo.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2013%252F05%252Ffate.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.ifmelranthezoo.com%252F2013%252F05%252F29%252Ffate%252F%3B800%3B462

Which one is correct?

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https://www.google.ae/search?q=fate&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=cnowU-OcLI-RhQe-9oEw&sqi=2&pjf=1&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1152&bih=648#q=which+one+is+correct&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=SodP2WAx_A6YYM%253A%3B5l8S3_NRcEN2kM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252F3.bp.blogspot.com%252F-39RzrQjLTvg%252FUpz3F6qsugI%252FAAAAAAAAANE%252FXhhI3Z0PTBY%252Fs1600%252FPoverty.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcognitionandreality.blogspot.com%252F2013%252F12%252Funderdetermination-ukuleles-and-new-look.html%3B1600%3B1051

Knowledge question 2

When is a human considered a human?

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Religious Perspective

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View 2 Legal perspective?(a) In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the words “person”, “human being”, “child”, and “individual”, shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development.source

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/1/8

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/1/8

Other views?

Scientific perspective?

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http://jfaweb.org/exhibit.html

http://jfaweb.org/exhibit.html

What WOKs dominate each view?

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http://blogs.osc-ib.com/tag/ways-of-knowing/

http://blogs.osc-ib.com/tag/ways-of-knowing/

Knowledge Question 3

Just because science has given us the ability to do ‘something’, should we?

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3110906/Romans-wore-socks-and-sandals.html

https://www.google.ae/search?q=meat+dress&rlz=1C5CHFA_enAE550AE550&espv=210&es_sm=91&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=pX8wU7juIKqo0QXR-YD4BA&ved=0CDAQsAQ&biw=1152&bih=648#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=wkEG9YjYBEZJKM%253A%3B_LoKllwfnqA1kM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fmetrouk2.files.wordpress.com%252F2010%252F09%252Farticle-1284451620202-0b290be4000005dc-394102_466x712.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fmetro.co.uk%252F2010%252F09%252F14%252Flady-gaga-defends-meat-dress-by-claiming-shes-no-piece-of-meat-511375%252F%3B466%3B712

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3110906/Romans-wore-socks-and-sandals.html

Yes!

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http://web.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/elemscience/index.php?pages_id=6&t=Pacing-Guides-K-4

http://web.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/elemscience/index.php?pages_id=6&t=Pacing-Guides-K-4

No!

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http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/729394/how-were-becoming-repo-men/

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/729394/how-were-becoming-repo-men/

Sometimes?

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http://blog.ipleaders.in/fda-safety-and-innovation-act-and-its-effects-on-indian-drug-manufacturers/

http://blog.ipleaders.in/fda-safety-and-innovation-act-and-its-effects-on-indian-drug-manufacturers/

Who should make these decisions?

Links to other RLS

This RLS is a clear launching point into many more Real Life Situations that are centred on similar Knowledge Questions.

As you delve into the Knowledge Questions many more may arise

Other RLS

Savita Halappanavar

Terri Schiavo

Animal Testing

GMOs

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/14/world/europe/ireland-abortion-controversy/

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/14/world/europe/ireland-abortion-controversy/

http://www.nndb.com/people/435/000026357/

http://www.nndb.com/people/435/000026357/

Conclusion...

One RLS

AOK - Natural Science, Ethics, Religion, Human Sciences….

WOK - Reason, Emotion, Faith, Intuition...

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