Manipulating Nature Essay

It is right for human beings to manipulate nature for their benefit. Without doing such things humans would not have lifesaving medicines or other beneficial procedures. Also, the act of altering nature is in itself a natural phenomenon, common to many species other than human beings. In addition, without the manipulation of nature we would not have anything other than the very basest of lifestyles; therefore, we would never have progressed past our ancient B.C. ancestors’ way of life. Finally, in the present, if we were to determine that manipulating nature is wrong and should stop, there would be a collapse in all societies, resulting in the nullification of everything humans have worked towards building. There are a few major contradictions …show more content…
Without these manipulations of nature humans could likely have gone extinct as many other less able species do during eras of duress or times of great change. After the migration of humans from Asia to the Americas, the Ice Age began to fade, leaving deserts and dry lands behind. “The Pleistocene mammals were weakened by more arid conditions, but human populations ably adapted as they learned to exploit new sources of food, especially plants (Nash, Jeffrey and Howe).” While other species died off, humans pulled through by starting the agricultural revolution, and after settling down and mostly giving up our nomadic lives from the past, cultures began to grow. From this we gained written languages and various religious beliefs as well as greater technological advances and formations of actual cities and governments. There would be none of this if we as humans were not so adept at utilizing and manipulating nature for our growth and survival; furthermore, philosophy would be completely nonexistent as a human study, and there would be no human who had enough free time from all of their strenuous, ancient hunter/gatherer work to even formulate an opinion that manipulating nature was the wrong thing to be