Thomas Malthus/Charles Lyell Essay

Finally, it is important to describe Malthus’s legacy and the reception of his findings. Malthus created such an impact in future research about demography, that his theory is now regarded as an approximate natural law of population measure for all species (Pullen, 2004). In addition, Malthus’s ideas not only promoted the creation of a national population census in the UK (1801), but also helped pass the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act which provided consolation for the poverty-stricken (Caldwell,…

Since Thomas Robert Malthus first forwarded his theory of population in 1798, it has been an influential and widely-debated economic topic. To fully understand the relevance and cogency of Malthus’ population theory, here we analyze the strength of Malthus’ key justifications and conclusions from both historical and modern perspectives. Malthus was the first to present a formal socioeconomic analysis of the population growth potential in terms of the availability of resources. Concisely,…

The prominent philosopher Thomas Malthus addressed sustaining our resources in his essay, An Essay on the Principle of Population. Malthus proposed that human population would grow faster than our resources; our resources are limited and, therefore, we cannot sustain the population. Malthus himself writes, “to meet the needs and aspirations of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (552). Basically, Malthus is warning us that we…

Compelling Logic for Moral Degradation Thomas Malthus and Garrett Hardin, both of whom argue strong opposition to the continually expanding world population, present compelling logic in favor of their point using distinct styles. Malthus, in his paper, “An Essay on the Principle of Population, determines by the use of mathematical evidence that natural disasters are a positive check on human population and that an increase in human population correlates to a decrease on the moral quality of…

Thomas Robert Malthus, Adam Smith and Karl Marx each address the influence of production and prices on the human population and well-being. Specifically, in relation to food, they had different expectations of the markets and growth in response to the industrial revolution. Malthus focuses on a big picture notion of food versus people, and how the human population will fight through scarcity. Smith concentrates on prosperity and its relation to the human population and productivity. Marx,…

of racism are psychopathological and the actions that can be taken to combat this racism? (Thomas, 2014). The article begins with telling individuals that Theodor Adorno’s work The Authoritarian Personality is a work that can help answer the question of what makes the psychology of humans prejudiced? (Thomas, 2014). This is a question that many mental health researchers were asking in the late 1950’s (Thomas, 2014). White and black mental health researchers who were active in the civil rights…

mechanism. He believed the creatures that were best adapted would survive. Although Darwin agreed with Malthus on the struggle of individuals, he differed in opinion on Malthus's idea of the increase of population. Darwin (just from observation) did not believe that population would increase at a tremendous rate from year to year but believed it would stay somewhat constant. Charles Lyell was a uniformitarian. He believed the earth had gone through changes by the same causes (earthquakes…

The Evolution of Darwin It is difficult to argue against the magnitude of the impact Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection had on the world. It has revolutionized biology as we know it and given an exact definition of the term ‘species’. During his journey to develop this theory, a great number of people had influenced Darwin’s thinking and actions which eventually led to his elucidation of the mechanisms of evolution. This essay will examine some of these individuals in…

Charles Darwin and by extension, Alfred Russell Wallace, were heavily inspired by several intellectual influences while collaborating together on ‘Natural Selection.’ Some are more prominent figures, while others are an inspiration by proxy, such as James Hutton. Charles Lyell’s book Principles of Geology. Lyell’s theory that minute changes would gradually increase over long periods of time helped Darwin theorize and coin the term Natural Selection, and with Lyell’s encouragement, he began…

naturalist, Charles Darwin was even born. Precursors to the development of the theory of evolution were largely important for naturalists to understand the many forms of life on Earth. In an epistemological standpoint, before early naturalists could begin to understand the forms of life they had to organize them by listing and describing them. There were numerous naturalists that discovered…