Mankind has always been curious of the possibility of an “other.” Throughout our timeline, various cultures have come to the idea of a God or gods and others have looked to either spirits or some other ephemeral entity. But as a race, humans have been greedy, voracious consumers of everything. In the 1800’s, the ideology of “Manifest Destiny” was used to justify the wholesale slaughter of Native Americans and the taking of their land and resources. It was believed that it was the God given right of the settlers and pioneers to take anything that could be taken. When the natives decided to fight back, the military was called in to quell the savage’s uprising. The wanton destruction of their livelihood, whether it be the buffalo of the
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The wholesale destruction that hydraulic fracturing and strip mining can cause and the horrendous conditions that our commercial livestock are kept in are one and the same. People do these things with their eyes on the only prize that matters to them, profits. But if we were to establish a rule that allowed these things to barter with us, to give “consent” in the nearest meaning of the word, then these accepted practices would become unacceptable. In essence, we must humanize the objects of our …show more content…
It does this through geophysics, such as seismic activity near hydraulic fracturing sites, or through the effects of climate change, in response to our massive dumping of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. All that is required of us is that we listen to what is trying to speak to us. The right to protect our homes in America is granted by the law of man. The duty to protect our homes extends from the duty to provide security to our loved ones. But the duty to protect our planet is a forgotten one. That duty has been shirked by a multitude of generations. The duty to practice good stewardship of our planet is one that can no longer be
The wholesale destruction that hydraulic fracturing and strip mining can cause and the horrendous conditions that our commercial livestock are kept in are one and the same. People do these things with their eyes on the only prize that matters to them, profits. But if we were to establish a rule that allowed these things to barter with us, to give “consent” in the nearest meaning of the word, then these accepted practices would become unacceptable. In essence, we must humanize the objects of our …show more content…
It does this through geophysics, such as seismic activity near hydraulic fracturing sites, or through the effects of climate change, in response to our massive dumping of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. All that is required of us is that we listen to what is trying to speak to us. The right to protect our homes in America is granted by the law of man. The duty to protect our homes extends from the duty to provide security to our loved ones. But the duty to protect our planet is a forgotten one. That duty has been shirked by a multitude of generations. The duty to practice good stewardship of our planet is one that can no longer be