Actuarial science

For thousands of years, humans have wondered what controlled their lives and determined their futures—was there a god that set out our paths before we were alive, or perhaps were we the only ones to explore the roads of life? Do we control how our existence is to be played out, or are we played by the hand of luck or a greater power from the start? Authors Malcolm Gladwell and William Ernest Henley toyed with their beliefs on this subject. Gladwell, writer of the short non-fiction titled…

In Immanuel Kant’s “Duties toward Animals, Spirits, and inanimate objects” he makes his stance on animal rights very clear. He believes that we have no direct duties to animals, yet we have indirect duties towards them in order to benefit mankind. Though many philosophers agreed with his way of thinking, many modern day philosophers and scientists are able to find flaws in Kant’s arguments. Kants belief that “we have no duties to animals, plants, material objects, or the environment as a…

These stories highlight some of the most important issues of the current era, both in different ways. In Eisenberg’s book The Carnivore Way, a more modern take on the current state of the ecological system. Eisenberg presents lots of logical facts and scientific statistics that are used to prove her point. In the other spectrum, Faulkner’s Big Woods collection tells a more narrative approach to telling the reader. He uses fictional characters to invoke emotions from the readers and insight his…

works “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius” and “On Exactitude in Science” by Jorge Borges epitomize the modernist shift by confronting the drastic scientific changes occurring during his time through surrealistic interpretations of reality and by raising different epistemological questions and the ethics of exploring the untamed recesses of science. During the time…

maintain that the special force driving life cannot be detected or measured quantitatively. On the other side, mechanism demonstrates great flexibility and patience. Phenomena that could not be explained by mechanism were only temporary setbacks, as science would advance far enough that an explanation would always be forthcoming (Peterson…

“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better” (Ralph Waldo Emerson). In other words, when Emerson says “experiments,” this can be referred to McCandless as his adventure across the U.S. From meeting many new people, to canoeing in the Colorado River. McCandless went on a crazy, risky trip and it can be compared to the words of Emerson. In Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, Chris McCandless displays his view on life, just as Ralph Waldo Emerson did, by being self reliant,…

Stephen Crane questions man's fate in this world through naturalism. In "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets," Crane shows the helplessness of one's state in relation to poverty, and in "The Open Boat," Crane shows the helplessness of one's state in relation to nature. Crane emphasizes the essence that forces, such as poverty and nature, are not adversaries to man, but rather that they are simply forces that are apathetic towards man. "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" can be a downer, but it is…

Humans strive for innovation and for improvements in humanity. Throughout each generation there are inventions created to improve productivity or improve humanity. Inventions have made the world both better off and worst off. Some inventions are made to benefit the productivity or the health of others while some inventions accidentally harm people. The goal of the inventor is to create good for the people and not to create harm. Inventors have the ability to make a creation that can lead to…

Animal testing has been around since the 1800s started there has been nothing to show for it, the only thing animal testing has done is made millions of animal suffer through painful test for the small chance of finding their answer to the cure of something.. The only thing that animal testing has done is killed more animals with nothing to show for it. Animal testing is cruel and should be illegal from our society. Some may argue that animal testing is a good thing to have because there are…

Throughout generations, artists, philosophers and great leaders have demonstrated that spending time in solitude can lead to great discoveries and benefits. Many scientific studies have also shown that solitude on the contrary of loneliness is often to be considered to have a positive outcome rather than a negative. In fact solitude can have such a great impact on human beings that if exposed to the right environment settings and having the right characteristics an individual can experience…