chukky Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Hey everybody i'm about to present my second TOK presentation, my first one was on language in rap music but i dint do well. My new topic is focusing on death and how it is looked at culturally,religiouslyand try and link it to other knowledge issues. However i have no idea hw to start or organise the ideas and i want to make it(death) into a focused knowledge issue All help and advice will be appreciated thank you in advance Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roro Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Hi This topic could be looked at in this way. "Why is death considered important to the human being?" "What is the significance of death?" "What is death?" "Is it when all happiness in a person dies, or is it when a tree is cut." I hope this can help you start your brainstorming. Bye. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clare.is.rice Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Death seems a bit broad to me.... How about concentrating on the death sentence , controversial topics are easier to discuss in my opinion. You could research which countries still use the death sentence and for what offenses. To make it more tok you could discuss whether or not its ethical. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biochem Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Death culturally is quiet enough to cover, I would think. El dia de los muertos is a huge contrast to other cultural values. Proper Burial is an omnipresent concept in cultural outlook on death. I forget which culture, but you could do a huge presentation on just this concept: If someone is killed (death!?) in your family, you have 12 hours to kill the other person without law-based penalty. After 24 hours, it is considered murder. I forget which culture that is, but I am aware that it exists. somewhere:) so try researching it. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chukky Posted January 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Thank you guys so much with all these points, i will look at murder as ethical and unethical then link it to death as a knoowledge issue i.e where do people go when they, Does God carry them away? is there a God, is religion true? e.t.c Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahuta ♥ Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 [quote name='chukky' post='31858' date='Jan 2 2009, 01:54 AM']Thank you guys so much with all these points, i will look at murder as ethical and unethical then link it to death as a knoowledge issue i.e where do people go when they, Does God carry them away? is there a God, is religion true? e.t.c[/quote] i know you might have started already....but i think you're going to face trouble being objective....because from your questions...."where do people go when they die?"..."is there god?"..etc....you're obviously going to implement your point of view.....i think you should just keep it on murder...and discuss why would it be or wouldnt it be ethical.... a member of my class wanted to do a presentation with those kind of questions..and the teacher told them: "i strongly advise to avoid those kind of topics....you'll fall in subjectivity easily"....so..i advise you to keep it focused on murder Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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