While reading author Rachel Carson’s work The Rite of Spring, it comes into question whether it is necessary to for the common people to know what is being done to the Earth or not. Insecticides are killing off life and harming food Americans eat, and it comes into question if the insecticides can possibly be made of different chemicals that make them less harmful. But, for now, people are unaware of what’s in the chemical, and the possibility of a safer solution is at the discretion of the company. As for the people, if anyone doesn’t live in the affected area, they simply ignore a predicament happening somewhere else. Or, they don’t know. Carson argues for the stance that the people should. As the Philosopher Jean Rostand wrote, “The obligation to endure gives us the right to know.” As a species showing no signs of dying off, it is becoming continuously more important for everyone to be aware of how companies are treating the environment. …show more content…
It may be to preserve our species and lives, even to procreate and carry on. Society expects all people to grow older and start a family, but why? Since the beginning of humanity, it was important to keep the species alive, and that is the innate mindset that governs this ideal. Humans have taken the Earth, and cover every piece of land it has to offer. Now, it is not a primal instinct that governs our endurance as a race, but a societal expectation. It is only a human inclination to endure. There is nothing holding back the end of this ideal and killing off the race altogether. It is important to be aware of what’s being done to the environment. Like the Constitution, there is a heavy amount of gray area. There is not a distinct line that separates the acceptable for the purely repugnant. Since there is no line to cross, the world could end up in destruction. Manufacturers of such chemicals have no moral code to abide by, and in the current era destruction may be