Why do North Americans and Japanese have different perspectives on harvesting human organs from those not yet declared dead?

What will be an ideal response?


In North America, the body is viewed as a machine that can be repaired, making the practice of organ transplantation acceptable. By contrast, in Japan, a person's identity is located throughout the body, making organ transplantation less acceptable.

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Types of Upper Paleolithic art include all of the following except?

a. engravings b. cave paintings c. sculptured figurines d. fired ceramics e. rock art

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Which kinship principle differentiates between cross-cousins and parallel cousins?

A) Consanguinal vs. affinal kin B) Gender C) Bifurcation D) Relative age E) Sex of linking relative

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Only in the 19th and 20th centuries was the term Cultural Survival, defined as conducting ongoing projects around the world

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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