Danger of Overpopulation Essay

In some areas, deer overpopulation is a problem. Gray wolves and mountain lions used to be predators of the white-tailed deer and helped keep their…

Immanuel, Kant - (1724-1804) Most influential philosopher in the history of Western philosophy. One of the foremost thinkers of the Enlightenment, he focused on rationalism and works of Francis Bacon. Kant wanted to structure ethics as consisting of a set of rules that one never shall break, he claimed that humanity has a dignity or worth that elevates humanity above all else in nature. In 1775, he wrote the “General Natural History and Theory of the Heavens,” a theory of the origins of the…

Afghanistan, a country divided by the mass opinion of its people and strangers alike. A country grief-stricken by the troubles of past wars and, currently, the recent Islamic fundamentalist political movement. Life was simple and peaceful before the Taliban came along, destroying a modernized society. The aftermath of the terrorist group 's attacks only made such matters worse with another war following created after the 9/11 attacks, a series of terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group…

social, and economic ramifications, which have both positively and negatively affected the country and the world. Chinese government officials are thus researching the underlying causes for this population growth, and are attempting to resolve overpopulation issues. In much the same way, American lawmakers are resorting to scientific studies to explain why the United States’ prisons are so crowded. Researchers have developed and tested several theories as to why criminals exhibit antisocial…

into the black market to be sold at high prices. Whole turtles can sell from two to five US dollars per kilogram and four to twenty dollars per kilogram for their meat. Poaching is illegal and prohibited in most countries around the world due to the danger it causes to the endangered species and the aftermath of what happens after these animals are poached. These animals often suffer long and excruciating deaths from being poached or sold into the black trade market of exotic…

Ian Alberts, BIOL118 Dr. Hochwender: Glacier change in Antarctica Looking specifically at the temperature changes in Antarctica, the last 120 years have seen a noticeable rise (Davies 2017). Normally, such drastic changes could be explained by Antarctic Oscillation, defined as different winds changing strength and direction, but these temperature changes are too drastic to blame it on anything we have ever witnessed in history. Greenhouse gasses entering the atmosphere since the industrial…

Canada’s demographics are changing. The baby-boomer generation is getting older, and the senior age group of the population ages 65 and older outnumber the youth demographic (fourteen years and younger). This is according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (2011). The Institute also states that the senior’s population requires the most healthcare and they also require the most funding due to the frequency of visits to hospitals and clinics (Canadian Institute for Health Information…

Child Labor is the employment of children in any industry or workplace, and is considered illegal or exploitive. Child labor has many different causes, and also has various effects on society. It is when children do not get to enjoy their childhood, and has different negative influences on the child as well as the society. Child labor is a common problem and should be reduced, as there are several effects on the society as well as the child. There is no single cause of child labor, but it has…

It was an immense undertaking that was only made possible due to the Chinese Migrant workers who were thought of lesser than that of women and were treated as merely tools for exploitation. The Chinese workers faced immense dangers and harsh conditions during their labor time, but were still resilient enough to complete a 690 mile long railroad system that stretched across the lands of California and the harsh granite walls of the Sierra Nevada. However, even though they were…

Margaret Atwood’s dystopian MaddAddam trilogy is a text that enters a speculation into a post-apocalyptic fall-out of environmental disaster and autocratic corporations, a global pandemic and extreme bio-scientific experimentation provide the catalysts for feminine subjective becoming. Atwood positions the book as a treatise on the ambiguous potential of powerful tools, and the role of humanity in determining the fit use for such tools: "Our tools have become very powerful. Hate, not bombs,…