首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Modern liberal opinion is sensitive to problems of restriction of freedom and abuse of power. Indeed, many hold that a man can b
Modern liberal opinion is sensitive to problems of restriction of freedom and abuse of power. Indeed, many hold that a man can b
admin
2011-03-14
55
问题
Modern liberal opinion is sensitive to problems of restriction of freedom and abuse of power. Indeed, many hold that a man can be injured only by violating his will, but this view is much too narrow. It fails to recognize the great dangers we shall face in the uses of biomedical technology that stems from an excess of freedom, from the unrestrained exercise of will. In my view, our greatest problems will be voluntary self-degradation, or willing dehumanization, as the unintended yet often inescapable consequence of sternly and successfully pursuing our humanization goals.
Certain desires and perfected medical technologies have already had some dehumanizing consequences. Improved methods of resuscitation (复活) have made possible heroic efforts to "save" the severely ill and injured. Yet these efforts are sometimes only partly successful; they succeed in rescuing individuals but these individuals may have severe brain damage and be capable of only a less-than-human, vegetating existence. Such patients found with increasing frequency in the intensive care units of university hospitals, have been denied a death with dignity. Families are forced to suffer seeing their loved ones so reduced and are made to bear the burden of a prolonged "death watch".
Even the ordinary methods of treating disease and prolonging life have changed the context in which men die. Fewer and fewer people die in the familiar surroundings of home or in the company of family and friends. At that time of life when there is perhaps the greatest need for human warmth and comfort, the dying patient is kept company by cardiac (心脏的) pacemakers and defibrillators, respirators, aspirators, oxygenators, catheters (导尿管) and his intravenous (静脉的) drip. Ties to the community of men are replaced by attachments to an assemblage of machines.
This loneliness, however, is not confined to the dying patient in the hospital bed. Consider the increasing number of old people still alive thanks to medical progress; as a group, the elderly are the most alienated members of our society, not yet ready for the world of the dead, not deemed fit for the world of the living, they are shunted aside. More and more of them spend the extra years medicine has given them in "homes for senior citizens", in hospitals for chronic diseases, and in nursing homes--waiting for the end. We have learned how to increase their years, but we have not learned how to help them enjoy their days; yet we continue to bravely and sternly push back the frontiers against death.
[A] prevent patients from dying honourably.
[B] the ending life lonely in nursing homes.
[C] originates from an excess of freedom and free exercise of will.
[D] connections to the community of men.
[E] are shunted aside and ignored.
[F] by improved medical methods and equipment.
[G] in the familiar surroundings of family and friends.
People should be allowed to die ______
选项
答案
G
解析
题干的句法特征告诉我们,die后面可以承接状语成分。本题源自于第三段第二句的信息。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Kksa777K
本试题收录于:
MBA联考(英语)题库专业硕士分类
0
MBA联考(英语)
专业硕士
相关试题推荐
小儿神经性皮炎一直被认为是由母乳过敏引起的。但是,如果我们让患儿停止进食母乳而改用牛乳,他们的神经性皮炎并不能因此消失。因此,显然存在别的某种原因引起小儿神经性皮炎。下列哪项如果为真,最能削弱上面的论证?()
小儿神经性皮炎一直被认为是由母乳过敏引起的。但是,如果我们让患儿停止进食母乳而改用牛乳,他们的神经性皮炎并不能因此消失。因此,显然存在别的某种原因引起小儿神经性皮炎。下列哪项如果为真,最能支持上面的论证?()
实证经济学(positiveeconomics)与规范经济学(normativeeconomics)
Thesmoothlandingoftheshuttle(航天飞机)Discoveryendedaflightthatwassuccessfulinalmosteveryrespectbutone:thedislo
Eachyear,hundredsofthousandsofpeoplediefromheartattack,aleadingcauseofdeath.IntheLandmarkPhysicians’HealthS
Eachyear,hundredsofthousandsofpeoplediefromheartattack,aleadingcauseofdeath.IntheLandmarkPhysicians’HealthS
Theprimarypurposeofthepassageisto______.ThefollowingproblemsarethoughttobeconnectedwiththeSourcesforknowle
Manyofthosewhocomefromthecountrysidefinditdifficulttoadapttotherapid______ofmodernlife.
Inthelate1960’s,manypeopleinNorthAmericaturnedtheirattentiontoenvironmentalproblems,andnewsteel-and-glassskysc
Intheolddays,sendingathank-younotetoarelativewaseasy.Youwroteit,【1】,astampontheenvelopeanddroppedit【2】am
随机试题
随风吹笛林清玄远远的地方吹过来一股凉风。风里夹着呼呼的响声。侧耳仔细听,那像是某一种音乐,我分析了很久,确定那是笛子的声音,因为箫的声音没有那么清晰,也没有那么高扬。由于来得遥远,使我对自己的判断感到怀疑;有什么人的
HCV抗体检测的窗口期是
沥青延度试验中,如发现沥青细丝浮于水面,则应及时利用酒精将水的密度调整至与试样相近后,继续进行试验。()
()是旅游接待服务的核心和纽带
集装箱提单的正面条款通常由()组成。
在化学学习中开展科学探究活动有利于达成的教学目标是()。
“五位一体”是相互联系、相互促进、相辅相成的统一整体。下列关于“五位一体”内涵的表述,错误的是()。
设总体X~N(μ,σ2),X1,X2,…,X2n(n≥2)是X的简单随机样本,且及统计量统计量Y是否为σ2的无偏估计;
Sincethedawnofhumaningenuity,peoplehavedevisedevermorecunningtoolstocopewithworkthatisdangerous,boring,burd
A、Inadepartmentstore.B、Inahotel.C、Atthecustomsoffice.D、Inabank.D双方在谈论如何取钱的问题,男士希望给他百元的纸币,其余的给零钱。由此看来,对话应当发生在银行。
最新回复
(
0
)