...Origin of Inequality, he argues that natural inequalities directly lead to social inequalities. Rousseau attempts to define natural inequalities by first examining the origins of man. Immediately, Rousseau discounts Hobbes’ version of a state of nature, in which man is a violent being whose passions will ultimately cause him to live a life of desire and fear. While both philosophers agree that man, in a state of nature, is not naturally sociable, Rousseau argues that man is naturally peaceful, as a result of his ignorance. In the state of nature that Rousseau depicts, man and animal are both mechanical, and can only be differentiated by the unique way in which each develops. Even though man and animal are mechanical beings, Rousseau makes two important distinctions that separate them. He asserts that only man has the unique ability to act freely. This grants him the ability to choose, thus altering his behavior. Additionally, humans have, what he terms, “perfectibility, ” or the ability to be molded by one’s environment. Rousseau argues that the quality of perfectibility accounts for human development because it produces both enlightenment and virtue. It is with this quality, also, that propels humankind out of a state of nature into, what he terms a...
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...Man’s Dependence on Oil: Are Alternative Energies the Answer? Tiffany P. Marin Sci 207: Dependence of Man on the Environment Professor Cynthia Collins February 18, 2013 Introduction The subject of our dependence upon oil has been a topic for debate for some time now. We use it for transportation fuels, heating fuels, and it is the base ingredient for countless products and items, such as asphalt and plastics. The question is whether or not we can completely overcome our dependence upon oil. While alternative energy sources may be able to replace oil in some areas, it will be next to impossible to replace it in all areas. Paragraph One In paragraph one, I intend to discuss the process of refining crude oil and its various purposes. There are many products and items that have oil as a base ingredient. Many are items that most people don’t even realize contain oil. Paragraph Two Paragraph two will include various alternative energy sources that can be used for various purposes, like transportation fuels, heating, etc. Paragraph Three Paragraph 3 will have information on various reasons that alternative energies should be used to replace our dependence upon oil and the products created from it Paragraph Four Paragraph four will be a look at the opposing side of the issue, a rebuttal of sorts. I will explore the reasons that it will not be possible to completely replace oil. Paragraph Five In paragraph five, I am going to explore the middle ground, so to...
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...The Environment, Who’s Responsible? The Environment, Who’s Responsible Grantley S. McLeod Liberty University Summary The relationship between people and the environment has always been about ones level of responsibility. No matter what your belief, each and every one of us is responsible for how we use the resources this planet provides. Personal Responsibility Webster’s definition of environment is, “the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors (as climate, soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival”(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/environment). There is a working relationship between the environment and the human race. Resources, such as timber and oil for housing and heat, soil for farming, animals for food and for research testing just to name a few. Wendell Berry, in his essay “In Distrust of Movements” say, “Over the last twenty-five or thirty years I have been making and remaking different versions of the same argument. It is not “my” argument, really, but rather one that I inherited from a long line of familial, neighborly, literary, and scientific ancestors. We could call it “the agrarian argument.” This argument can be summed up in as many ways as it can be made. One way to sum it up is to say that we humans can escape neither our dependence on nature nor our responsibility to nature-and that, precisely because of this condition of dependence...
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...Summary The relationship between people and the environment has always been about ones level of responsibility. No matter what your belief, each and every one of us is responsible for how we use the resources this planet provides. Personal Responsibility Webster’s definition of environment is, “the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors (as climate, soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival”(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/environment). There is a working relationship between the environment and the human race. Resources, such as timber and oil for housing and heat, soil for farming, animals for food and for research testing just to name a few. Wendell Berry, in his essay “In Distrust of Movements” say, “Over the last twenty-five or thirty years I have been making and remaking different versions of the same argument. It is not “my” argument, really, but rather one that I inherited from a long line of familial, neighborly, literary, and scientific ancestors. We could call it “the agrarian argument.” This argument can be summed up in as many ways as it can be made. One way to sum it up is to say that we humans can escape neither our dependence on nature nor our responsibility to nature-and that, precisely because of this condition of dependence and responsibility, we are so dependent upon and responsible for human culture”(Muller, Gilbert H., and Harvey...
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...Morrison, through her fictional novel Song of Solomon, tackles the desire for belonging that so many faced during the oppressive 1960s. Appeals to equal rights for African Americans were met with hateful discrimination and bloody discourse—ultimately dividing people from within groups. But Morrison pushes her discussion beyond just the confines of racism to the treatment of black women in society; the tyrannical repression they faced. Throughout Song of Solomon, a reoccurring theme of dependence and abandonment of women presides. Toni Morrison exploits women’s belonging to men and yet, also, their burdens for men’s freedom. In order to conquer the quest of the novel, the main character must recognize and overcome such female injustices. Foundational to the their societal repression, black women suffered not only from racial segregation but the social obligations to men, children, and their community. Women were the guardian of the family in the 1960s, and lacked the free-will retained by men. The man they married, the structure he created, defined a woman. Song of Solomon directly touches on the heavy racism circling the times. Milkman and Guitar actively talk about racism and the cruelty of the white “nonhumans.” The Seven Days group react to racist violence of whites with equivalent acts. But Morrison is not as direct with her comment on the despot that is men. This discussion, however, is just as obvious as that of racism. Abandonment becomes a common trend with male characters...
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...Alternative Energy Sources: Ending Human Dependence on Oil Craig A. Rockwell SCI 207 – Dependence of Man on the Environment Instructor Gomillion July 13, 2012 Alternative Energy Sources: Ending Human Dependence on Oil We live in a world where oil is the primary source of energy. It is used to produce heating fuels, gasoline, propane, and many other lesser-known fuels. Globally, we are consuming approximately 88 million barrels of oil daily. The Central Intelligence Agency (2012) shows that the United States consumes 19,150,000 barrels daily (pg. 1). Many will argue that we need to end our dependence on oil by finding other sources of energy that we can use in place of oil. This is where the question comes in on whether or not alternative energy sources are the answer to ending human dependence on oil. While alternative energy sources may be a big step in reducing our dependence on oil, they are not a solution to it due to our lack of knowledge on how to harvest and use them efficiently, as well as the limits of what they can do for us. If we are going to talk about alternative energy sources, we have to look into some of the sources that fall into the category of “Green Technology”. Sheer (1995) writes, “The economic and social advantages of renewable energies are enormous: they offer the way toward saving both the earth’s atmosphere and human health; they ensure an independent, safe, long-term energy supply as well as economic development; they will provide...
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...2007). Other than the ability to renewed, renewable energy could solve the problem if global oil crisis and reduce environmental challenges caused by fossil fuels (Sherman, and Freemuth, 2009). In addition, implementing the use of renewable energy would promote certain economic benefits such as job creation and revenue income. However, unless the overall benefits of implementing alternative energy sources are outweighs its impacts on oil producing countries, it would prove to be difficult implement renewable sources of energy to resolve the problem of energy crisis resulting from over dependence on oil as a source of energy. Outline THESIS: Unless the overall benefits of implementing alternative energy sources are outweighs its impacts on oil producing countries, it would prove to be difficult implement renewable sources of energy to resolve the problem of energy crisis resulting from over dependence on oil as a source of energy. A. Although renewable energy is regarded to be environmental friendly, its implementation to...
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...Analysis of Blanche tragic life Abstract : As one of the most important play writers of America after the World War Ⅱ, Tennessee Williams won lots of theatrical awards for his masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire. As a result, Blanche, the heroine in the play, had been the focus point of the critics. This thesis tries to analyze profoundly the cause of the tragedy of Blanche from several aspects .As Williams T concluded, ‘The heroine Blanche was struggling between reality and fantasy, finally, her spirit was broken drastically under the beat of ruthless reality. She was the typical weak woman and victim in the patriarchal society. Her tragedy shows that the woman can’t escape the control of the typical patriarchal society in any case of resistances.’(Williams, 2).Some of William’s points will be elaborated in this paper which includes four parts. Chapter one serves as an “introduction”, which gives a general review of main characters in the novel. Chapter two, “Character of Blanche” ,Blanche’s being trapped by the conventionality; Blanche’s illusion about men; Blanche’s illusion about herself; her husband’s suicide; Stanley’s rude behavior and sense of dominance; Stella’s betrayal; Mitch’s desertion and the cold realistic world. In conclusion, it is the Blanche’s illusion about men ,herself and cruelty of Stanley that mainly causes her tragedy. Keywords: tragedy conventionality illusion 1．Introduction 1.1 Review of the protagonist In Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar...
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...discovers Ishmael. As the story progresses, the two scholars establish a storyline that focuses on many key details. Such details include how man or the world came to be, evolution, the community of life, the world’s dependence on food, and most importantly takers as well as leavers. The broad thoughts in which each of these subjects is brought about captivates the reader and establishes the fundamental outline of this astounding novel. As the novel begins and the narrator is first introduced to Ishmael, one of the first sessions they have is speaking of how man came to be where we are today. Initially shocked by the question, the narrator suggests the thought of what many are told of how we can to be, the big bang or other theories. Ishmael rejects the idea of stating it is a “myth” and later saying to the narrator when he...
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...political infighting human rights abuses are all products as a result of lack of money, control of money, and the hoarding of money. In this paper, the extent to which money has corrupt human beings is analyzed. The paper will look at the reasons as to why the evils due to money issue arise and how they are related to alienation as expressed by Karl Marx in his paper-alienated labor. Marx became revolutionary figure because he came to sure that capitalism could not be reformed. At the end, capitalism could only create estrangement and alienation. As Marx describes, there is important connections between greed, private property, the separation of labor, monopoly, exchange and competition, capital and landed property, value and devaluation of man and competition. There is connection between the entire systems of estrangement and that of the money system. Karl Marx perspective Karl points to the common connection between money and the evil. He demonstrates in the consumerism, greed, and profiteering characteristic of capitalism. “Money, and all it symbolizes, is the root of all evils in a deeper”. Money if viewed from outside the system may be seen to do something insidious. It eliminates the very concepts of evil. On the other hand, it makes it impossible to discriminate evil and good. Money is shorthand means to say that capitalistic relations, trade and exchange, market value ushers in a confused moral world....
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...about the “predatory phase” of human development (the need to establish superiority and hierarchy so as to become a privileged class) and says that the real purpose of socialism is to overcome and advance beyond this phase. 2. Socialism is directed towards an ethical end whereas science only provides the means. Hence, science must not be overestimated when human issues are in question. Human society is passing through a period of instability. People are hostile towards the groups to which they belong – even the belonging towards the fact that they are human and they exist – indicating that people have strived to achieve a balance hand have failed and lost all hope of this achievement. Einstein attempts to resolve these issues. He says man is bothAbout Einstein German born theoretical physicist. Developed the theory of general relativity. Won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. Settled in the US in 1940. Alerted President Roosevelt that...
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...Water Conservation Nature is great. It meets most of our needs without which life is impossible. All of our needs that are made available to us by nature are called Natural Resources. The most important requirements that are needed to sustain life on this planet include Air, Water, Food, Energy and Shelter. Water is an integral part of land/soil productivity base. It covers about 70% of the earth’s surface. The water is made available to us by rain and snow. The demand for water is increasing every year due to tremendous increase or rise in population and due to greater expansion of industries. The agricultural has also expanded and more water is needed for irrigation purposes. A huge amount of water is wasted by way of floods. This is mainly due to destruction of forests in our hills. This has rendered the hill slope bare so that water flows down unchecked. Lot of water is wasted in the atomic reactors and other cooling devices. This wastage and greater use of water will create water scarcity or may even lead to water famine. To safe guard from such a situation conservation of water is essential. A few steps for conservation for water are suggested below. 1. Checking Deforestation: - The first and the foremost attention should be directed towards checking deforestation. The felling of trees on the hills should be stopped rather banned. This will also help in checking soil erosion and soil permeability. The felling will not impair soil permeability but, on the contrary...
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...percent to 30 percent, depending on predominant characteristics of the sampled population” (DSM-IV-TR). Although higher prevalence rates occur with substance abusers, people admitted with a substance related disorder cannot be diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder unless the signs of it were present as a child. If the substance abuse also occurred during childhood, then both substance abuse disorder and Antisocial personality disorder should be diagnosed (DSM-IV-TR). A study performed by Catherine F. Lewis, M.D., examined the relationship between violent behavior, substance abuse and dependence in 41 incarcerated women diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder and the prevalence of specific substance abuse. The study showed that out of the 41 women diagnosed with ASPD, more than half of them met the criteria for alcohol dependence (56.1%), most of them (70.1%) had dependence of at least one drug, and (52.6%) had intravenous drug dependency (Catherine F. Lewis, Oct. 2011). This is a study that shows that...
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...Brazil and Panama the maintenance of labor relations are mutual interests of the countries. The worker sells his labor power in exchange of a fee. While the employer gains from the profits earned from the labor of his employee. Wages value guarantees the maintenance of labor relations in these countries and the world (Business Dictionary). In Brazil, the economic dependency was already noticeable in the agrarian export period, when the country depended on foreign markets, consumer products and their primary supplier of industrial products. Nowadays, with the globalization process, where the capital have lost their nationality and become volatile as a rain cloud, which at any time can be taken to another place by a strong wind, the economic dependence became a nightmare (Gomez, 2014). The financial system that drives the technological renovation of these two countries industries does not have self-sufficiency. This weakness puts Brazil and Panama industrial development on feet of clay. Secondly, it is worth remembering that these countries remain in some agricultural export sectors. So, still selling their cheap primary products and buying technology and seeking financing, which are the most expensive elements of the market. This analysis allows us to build the argument that places like Brazil and Panama still maintains that capitalist expansion, now no longer personified by the industrialized countries in the early twentieth century, but by entities that exceed their original...
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...ecosystem including, fire, wind, diseases, damage to vegetation, corrosion of structural materials and negative health effects on wildlife and human occupancy. As with all National Forests in the U.S. the practice of conservation of resources, ensure a sustainable flow of raw materials and maintain the diversity of plant and animal species on the National Forest System lands. Renewable The benefits of extracting renewable energy sources and alternative resources such as biomass, wood and other plant material, along with the lease options of the Shoshone National forest provide viable solutions that allow for the creation of cleaner energy resource, and wilderness designated zoning areas that enhance land protection and prohibit alterations by man to the ecosystem. Less than 10% percent of the total area is utilized for the land lease. The majority of the forest has been reserved for wildlife, plants, animals and the protection of the habitat. The Shoshone National Forest has about 1,300 documented species of plants. Lower elevations often have brush and grass dominated by vegetation while, other forest areas are dominated by various combinations of species (The HRO Case Studies Series, 2006). Non- Renewable The risk of depleting non-renewable resources such as building roads in non-wilderness areas for ease of extracting timber, off-road terrain vehicles, and snowmobiles have become subjects of concern by environmentalist. Environmental concerns such as air pollution and acid rain...
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