1. What is the role of
religion in human
life?

2. Existence, importance of religion.

3. World State
“For the same
reason as we don’t
give them Othello:
they’re old; they’re
about God
hundreds of years
ago. Not about God
now”
(Huxley 231)

4. World State
“God isn’t compatible
with machinery and
scientific medicine and
universal happiness. You
must make your choice.
Our civilization has
chosen machinery and
medicine and happiness.
”(Huxley 234)

5. Contemporary
“It was important not only
during the beginning for
surety of existence and
later in development but
is important today also. It
urges for unity and
cooperation to build a
conducive environment
and to solve day-to-day
problems”(Kumar 19)

6. Contemporary
“If we want to be trouble free, move
towards real progress, attain peace
then we not only have to understand
religion but accept its role in life
too”(Kumar 19)

7. The Freedom to believe in religion.

8. civilization & individual beliefs.

9. Works Cited
Information
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: Harper Perenial, 1969
Kumar, Ravindra. "The Role of Religion In Life." (2007): Global Politician. Web. 30 June 2011. <http://globalpolitician.com/23877-religion>.
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10. What is the value
of an individual?

11. individual
“a single human
being as distinct
from a group ”

12. World State
“‘When the
Individual feels,
the community
reels’” (Huxley 63).

13. World State
“‘Murder kills only the individual-and, after
all, what is an individual...’ ‘We can make
new one with the greatest ease-as many as
we like...’” (Huxley 148).

14. Contemporary
“...Americans...still have a Lockean political culture,
emphasizing individual freedom and the pursuit of
individual affluence (the American dream)...” (Velasquez,
“Creating the Good Society”)

15. Contemporary
“...in America especially, was a moral revolution. It was a moral revolution in
that suddenly, with the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, the
individual, his life, his well-being, his property, his happiness became central to
our values.” (Robert Bidinotto, “Collectivism vs. Individualism”)

16. Individualist
Countries
VS
Non-Individualist Countries
VS
World State

17. Works Cited
Informational Sources
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. 1st. Perennial Classics ed. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006.
Print.
"individual." Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press, n.d. Web. 29 May 2011. <http://
oxforddictionaries.com/definition/individual>.
Velasquez, Manuel. "American Society and Individualism."Santa Clara University - Welcome. N.p., n.d. Web. 29
May 2011. <http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v5n1/>.
This source is a credible source because it is written by a knowledgeable sociologist, Robert Bellah, along with
his other coauthors, to analyze the behavior of Americans in political culture. Also, this information has a
posted date and an author.
Bidinotto, Robert. "collectivism vs. individualism." FREEDOM KEYS. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 May 2011. <http://
freedomkeys.com/collectivism.htm>
This source is a credible source because the speaker of the quote, Robert Bidinotto, is an eminent and a
knowledgeable writer who is familiar with the topic of individualism.
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18. Is Euthanasia
Acceptable?
“the painless
killing of a
patient suffering
from an incurable
and painful
disease or in an
irreversible coma”

19. Is Euthanasia
Acceptable?
Diversity &
Individualism
vs
Government
control

20. World State
established fact:
“Youth almost
unimpaired till
sixty, and
then, crack!
the end” (Huxley
111).

21. World State
community over individuals:
“Undoing all their wholesome
death-conditioning with this
disgusting outcry––as though death
were something terrible, as though
any one mattered as much as all
that!” (Huxley 206).

22. Contemporary
Society
euthanasia accepted:
“she was choosing to end her life because
she found her physical limitations
intolerable and saw only further
indignities and suffering ahead”
(C a r t e r , " B e g i n n i n g t h e M o s t D i f f i c u l t C o n v e r s a t i o n o f A l l . " )

23. Contemporary
Society
euthanasia not accepted:
“ 'I used to look at the baby in
the cot and think "I can't do
this." I look at him now, and I
can see me in him: and I just
thank God I didn't do it
[euthanasia],' he said. 'I am
more than grateful that I am
here for [the children] now'”
(Hinsliff, "Cancer dad joins fight against euthanasia bill saying:
'I'm glad that I decided to live' .")

24. Government Individual
vs
Regulation Rights
Community vs Value of
Individual

25. Value of
Individuals

26. Works Cited
Information:
Carter, Zoe. "Beginning the Most Difficult Conversation of All." The New York Times. The New York Times Company, 11 November 2010. Web. 29 May 2011. <http://
newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/beginning-the-most-difficult-conversation-of-all/?ref=euthanasia>.
This source is reliable because it has a credible author and posted date. Also, The New York Times is a well-
known newspaper/journal company that could be credited and relied upon.
Hinsliff, Gaby. "Cancer dad joins fight against euthanasia bill saying: 'I'm glad that I decided to live' ." Guardian.co.uk. Guardian News and Media, 7 May 2006. Web. 29 May
2011.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2006/may/07/uk.constitution>.
This source also has a credible author and posted date. Guardians is a widly known newspaper company in
United Kingdom that could be relied upon.
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. 1st. Perennial Classics ed. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. Print.
"euthanasia." Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press, n.d. Web. 29 May 2011. <http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/euthanasia>.
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