Immaculate Conception
Raphaella Henson-Vendrell
Ms.O’Connor
P5 Orange
“I have upheld the intent and principles of the Paul VI Academic Honor Code while completing this assignment.”
The Immaculate Conception is the birth of Mary without sin. Many people confuse this with Mary conceiving Jesus without sin but that is the perpetual virginity of Mary. “To become the mother of the Savior, Mary "was enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a role” (CCC, 490). This quote is saying that for Mary to give birth to our savior, Jesus Christ, she herself had to be born with gifts from God. She had to born free from sin and full of grace meaning she had to be full of the gifts that God has given her. “The angel Gabriel at the moment of the annunciation salutes her as "full of grace" ( CCC, 132). To further explain what I mean that she was “full of grace”, this quote explains when she was visited by the Angel Gabriel with the message that of conceiving Jesus, he first greeted her as “full of grace”. Therefore she was truly born free from any sin and with the gifts from God. We honor the birth of Mary with such respect and jubilation as we do with the birth of Jesus because not only is she the mother of Jesus, she was the first one to be born without sin since Adam and Eve. “The Church made it clear indeed that the conception of Mary is to be venerated as something extraordinary, wonderful, eminently holy, and different from the conception of all other human beings”
I pledge to support the honor system of Old Dominion University. I will refrain from any form of academic dishonesty or deception, such as cheating or plagiarism. I am aware that as a member of the academic community, it is my responsibility to turn in all suspected violators of the honor system. I will report to Honor Council hearings if I am summoned.” By attending Old Dominion University you have accepted the responsibility to abide by this code. This is an institutional policy, approved by the Board of Visitors.
10. What is the Honor Code? What kind of actions would constitute a violation of the Honor Code?
Abortion has been a highly debated topic for many years. Until 1973, when abortion was legalized in the U.S., women were obtaining very dangerous abortions that often killed them in the process. Although abortion is legal now, members of society still do not agree on whether it is “right.” There are pros and cons of abortion, which can be examined by the three theoretical perspectives; Structural Functionalism, Conflict Theory, and Postmodern Theory. This essay explains what the three theoretical perspectives are and how they view the social issue of abortion.
This paper will explore the many facets of abortion. For organizational purposes, it will first provide
“I pledge my honor I have neither given nor received inappropriate aid on this assignment.”
In her essay “Abortion, Intimacy, and the Duty to Gestate,” Margaret Olivia Little examines whether it should be permissible for the state to force the intimacy of gestation on a woman against her consent. Little concludes that “mandating gestation against a woman’s consent is itself a harm - a liberty harm” (p. 303). She reaches this conclusion after examining the deficiencies in the current methods used to examine and evaluate the issues of abortion. Their focus on the definition of a “person” and the point in time when the fetus becomes a distinct person entitled to the benefits and protections of the law fails to capture “the subtleties and ambivalences that suffuse the issue” (p. 295). Public debate on the right to life and the right
The Kelley Honor Code means to me a set of guiding principles by which to prejudge my actions, and fellow academic candidates as we represent the Kelley School of Business and more broadly, the Indiana University. Accepting the code of honor is to conduct myself with a sense of rectitude and integrity. The acceptance of the Kelley Honor Code will require me to analyze my actions to ensure they are in agreement with the principles within the code.
“This written work complies with the Student Academic Code of Conduct; that is, the work is done individually by me.”
Our school community abides by a strict honor code. We believe honesty comes before all other values. Our team kept these morals in mind and adhered to them for all aspects of our project. Our school's honor code states: "As a member of the Charlotte Latin Community, I am responsible for upholding and promoting honesty, trust, respect, fairness, and justice in all venues of School life. To maintain personal integrity, I will not cheat, lie, steal, or plagiarize. I will do my best to raise awareness of the importance of honor for the purpose of making Latin a better place to learn and work. I understand the Charlotte Latin School Honor Code and will uphold my HONOR ABOVE ALL."
Honor codes, or sets of regulations "intended to cultivate integrity" have been brought to recent debate. Several educational establishments are initiating a culture of honor codes within their schools. My own school, Sheyenne High School, has such honor codes requiring that students have the responsibility to be honest in their schoolwork. However, disunity over these codes have brought to question whether the codes are honorable or improbable. While at first glance, honor codes appear responsible and promising the unfound skepticism of students brings to light the confusion and doubt of their ability to rewrite student life. Honor codes have been implemented in my school over the past several years, but these codes must be revised to ensure
To help prevent academic dishonesty at the University of Maryland (UMD), students are encouraged strongly to write on every exam the following; “I pledge on my honor that I have not given or received any unauthorized assistance on this examination” (University of Maryland Code of Academic Integrity, 2). If a student does not write this statement on their paper, they must
Most of the issues involved with wrongful conception cases have been adjudicated through the state courts from the 1960s to the present. Almost always they have ruled that parents cannot collect damages for the birth of a normal, healthy child, even as the result of medical malpractice through defective sterilization and contraception procedures or failure to carry out correct genetic testing or fully inform parents of the results. Nor have the courts ruled that the birth of a handicapped child is a life unworthy of living, and instead have argued for judicial restraint in making such legal and moral determinations. Even in the case of the severely handicapped, such as children with Down syndrome, American courts have not ruled that nonexistence would be preferable to living a limited life. On the other hand, the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that parents can collect personal injury damages as the result the birth of an impaired or unplanned child, at least in the recovery of medical costs if not all the expenses of rearing the child to adulthood. State courts also allow the recovery of damages for medical expenses, training and treatment for handicapped children born as the result of failed abortion, contraception or sterilization. Due to the Roe v. Wade case of 1973, parents have the right to determine whether a child will be born or not, although recent efforts in
Aborting a baby is a medical procedure that can have many risks and complications, such as an infection, a botched abortion, and/or infertility. The abortion procedure during the third trimester is called a partial birth abortion. During a partial abortion the medical practitioner who is performing the abortion begins by drawing the babies feet into the birthing canal. The medical practitioner purposely leaves the babies head embedded in the mother's cervix. Once the baby's head is in the cervix, the medical practitioner punctures the babies skull with a trocar. After the baby’s head is punctured, a catheter is inserted into the opening. Once the catheter is in place, it uses a powerful suction machine to remove the baby’s brain. After the baby’s brain is removed, his/her skull collapses and then the medical practitioner removes the lifeless baby from the mother's womb. The baby is removed in bits and pieces and is then discarded.
While I am a rising senior at Appalachian I have to admit that until this course I had not actually read the full Academic integrity code. Sure it has been in every single syllabus I have had since I was a freshman but I would always just skim it and think that it cannot possibly be much different than the Honor code I had to write on every assignment I did in high school. The statement read “I pledge my honor that I have neither given nor received aid on this test or paper” but it mainly got shortened down to IPMH and then my signature. After thinking about this is when I realized that how important for me it was to actually read through the whole honor code. I consider myself to be a good, trustworthy student; I pride myself on doing
“I pledge my honor that I have not violated the Chicago GSB Honor Code during the Preparation of this assignment.”