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Survival

By Ms. Aseel S

27/4/2023

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Disscussion

There are many types of catastrophes that occur everyday. Let's name a few!

Introduction

Natrual disasters

Avalanches, earthquakes, floods, forest fires......etc

Types of Catastrophes

Disasters caused by human beings

Crime, war, terrorism, threats,, mass murder events..... etc

Disasters results in cases of death, injury, illness, and disability in a vast number of people.

In which cases, the lucky people are called 'survivors.'

Results

What are the conditions and circumstances of survivors who had gone through disasters?

How would they feel after surviving such events?

The survivors

Purpose

The purpose of an argumentative essay is to organize and present a well-reasoned ideas and conclusions in order to persuade and pull the readers into accepting and considering your point of view.

Argumentative Essay

Introduction paragraph

Outline

a. Hook: an opening statement in an essay that attempts to grab the reader's attention so that they want to read on.

b. Background information about the topic.

c. Thesis Statement: it tells the reader how you will present the significance of the subject matter under discussion

Body Paragraph 1

a. Present the first point and supporting evidence

B. Add proof to the point you've presented with an outside reference.

Body Paragraph 1

Body Paragraph 2

a. Present the first piond and supporting evidance

B. Add proof to the point you've presented with an outside referance.

Body Paragraph 2

Conclusion Paragraph

a. Restate thesis statement

b. Briefly review 3 main points..

c. Leave the reader with an interesting thought about your argument. Remember: You want them to believe you!

Conclusion Paragraph

Tips for writing and argumantative essay

Tips!

- Pick a topic that you actually believe in. Can't convice people if you're not convinced yourself!

- Start with context about your argument and add detailed evidences and supporting ideas.

- Use valid sources to back up your arggument.

- Use linking words. It makes it more appealing and easily understandable.

- Don't push an argument that you don't support.

- Don;t worry about forcefully changing someone's mind. Pushing it can only result in a backfire result!

Nancy Sherman

About the author

Nancy Sherman (born 1951) is a distinguished university professor and professor of philosophy at Georgetown University. She was also the first Distinguished Chair in Ethics at the United States Naval Academy. Sherman is the author of several books.

Nancy Sherman always wanted to understand more what her father went through as solider in the world war II.

Background

The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt

Traumatic events take a toll on the physical and mental well-being of the individuals who must endure them. Survivors of the Holocaust, rescue workers, and war veterans, for example, might wonder how they were able to make it out alive when others did not. The term “survivor guilt” is used to describe these feelings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEyK4IPb02M&ab_channel=GiftFromWithin-PTSDResources

Elements

Let's discuss the elements of the topic in hand

Elements

Theme

Coping with guilt.

“The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt,” talks about how people that go through life and death situations feel when one of them dies. The others feel survivor guilt.

“The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt" explores the pros and cons of survivor guilt

Vocabulary

Here are some new vocabulary introduced in the text.

Burden

burden

Something that carried with difficulty or obligation

Synonym

anxiety, concern, difficulty, responsibility

Antonyms

advantage, benefit, assistance, aid

Culpability

culpability

Guilt or blame that deserved ; blameworthiness

Synonym

accountability, guilt, fault, responsibility

Antonym

innocence

Conscience

conscience

A person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behavior.

Synonym

shame, censor, duty, morals

Antonym

immorality

Remorse

remorse

Deep sense of or regret for having done wrong.

Synonyms

guilt, grief, pity, shame

Antonyms

joy, happiness, satisfaction

Entrusted

entrusted

Given the responsibility of doing something or caring for someone or something

Synonyms

assign, invest, trust, confide

Antonyms

deny, hold, keep, retain

Empathic

empathic

Characterized b empathy the ability to identify with feelings or thoughts of others.

Synonyms

feeling, sympathetic, compassionate, sensitive

Antonyms

uncaring, ruthless, merciless, insensitive

Overall view

Main ideas

Every year, thousands of innocent people blame themselves for a death they could do nothing about, often times making things much harder for them. That is called survivor guilt. Survivor guilt is feeling guilty about surviving a life and death situation when somebody else was either hurt or killed in the incident.

Paragraph 1

The writer starts by stating the fact that war survivors have different emotional realities and feelings even after returning home from war.

Paragraph 2

The writer addresses the feeling thoses soldiors feel after returning home. The guilt that feels like a burden, a responsibility.

The idea that if they could have done things differently, they resukts may have been better. Even though they were not at fault.

Paragraph 3

The writer refers to a story of Bonenberger who couldn't save the life of his lifesave 'Pulaski". Feeling the responsibility of his death because while his friend saved his life twice, he couldn't be there for him when he needed help.

Paragraph 4

The writer compares between subjective guilt and objective guilt in terms of definitions and rationality of thinking.

Paragraph 4

Paragraph 5

The writer refers to other philosophers ."Nietzsche and Spinoza and their theories about subjective guilt where one had done nothing wrong.

It's not about changing the attetude or the mistake.

Paragraph 5

Paragraph 6

The writer identifies the feelings that comes with survival guilt as being assossiated with moral significnace rather than moral actions. "Meaning it's more important who I am in person and character and not what I do that matters.

The writer also backs her argument by refering to Aristotle, who also believes that it's not the action that counts, but the emotions that are hidden behind it.

Let's answer some questions

Summary

- What is survival guilt? Who feels it?

- Why does the writer focus on defining

what it is to be “good” in paragraph 6?

- Why did the writer refer to other philosephers at some point?

- In your opinion, how do people get over those feeling of subjective guilt?

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