Life is unpredictable and we never know what situation stands ahead of us. Humans try to seek a way to advance their future, whether it comes to their health, finding a career to become financially stable, or living in a safe sustainable environment. Most people set goals for themselves that they want to accomplish throughout … Read more
One moral theory in ethics is the Social Contract Theory, which tells us “that morality is essentially a cooperative enterprise, and that moral rules are those that self-interested people would obey on the condition that all others do as well” (Shafer-Landau 3, 2015). This means that people in a society agree tacitly to the rules … Read more
Greed is a shameful and horrible sensation that corrupts many. St. Thomas Aquinas declared Greed as one of the seven deadly sins following pride, envy,wrath,gluttony,and, lust. Greed earned the right to be there, greed destroys many people everyday. It is a disease that has plagued the world. Many have fallen ill of the disease, and … Read more
When Isaac Asimov envisioned a world in which robots would be as common as humans, he determined all of the ethics and morals that would bind these smart machines with three rules: “1. A robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction allow it to come to harm, 2. A robot must always … Read more
So many people take social conformity for granted that not many bother to find out why it is such a powerful phenomenon and why so many people submit to this force without any resistance. In ants and termite colonies the entire unit composed of thousands of individual ants or termites act as one unit and … Read more
Respect, to me, meant the way that you treat yourself and your environment in a positive way. When I looked this word up on dictionary. com, it was defined as the condition of being esteemed or honored, and esteem for or a sense of the worth of excellence of a person. Now that I look … Read more
We all gave out a collective groan as we came out of the portal. As I stood a wave of nausea hit me. I bent over and vomited in a metal bucket that came through with the barn. I could see others doing the same thing off to the side. The barn transported us to … Read more
Aldo Leopold was a conservationist, forester philosopher, educator, writer and outdoor enthusiast and was among the founding fathers of the North American conservation movement during the first half of twentieth century (Leopold, 1981). He argues that humans are part of a community that includes the land, from the soil to the rivers and seas (Leopold, … Read more
1)Explain and evaluate the notions of Karma, samsara, and Nirvana? a)We know karma to be a chain of causes and necessary consequences in the world of human actions. Karma is the urge we have of doing something based on our previous actions or behavior. I believe the world has negative and positive energy. For example; … Read more
What would you do if you learned that your home and family were directly in the path of an unstoppable, insatiable insect army made up of 68 billion ants that are devouring every living thing it encounters? This is the question that Carl Stephenson asks in his short story, “Leiningen Versus the Ants,” which was … Read more
I think that illusions are bad because they make people see things that are not really there. Illusions could lead to someone harming themselves or someone else. Illusions can make someone see something bad that could scare them for a while, and end up making them have flashbacks. Although very few illusions could possibly be … Read more
There have been many European leaders in the past 115 years ,but one stood out overall all the others. His name was Janos Kadar. Janos Kadar was the General Secretary of Hungary, which is one of the 51 countries in Europe. He was born in 1912 at Fiume, Hungary and grew up with foster parents … Read more
Imagine that you have just been diagnosed with lung cancer. You have been told you have six months to live unless you can find two replacement lungs. But, you are told and realize you are a clone and have to give your life to save another. Is that ethically right? Would you, the original human … Read more