Human condition

Six seemingly simple characteristics that represent the complexity of both the mind and the body define the human condition: birth, growth, emotionality, aspiration, conflict, and mortality. These traits work individually as well as collectively to showcase how people live in their everyday lives and how those lives interconnect. This abstract concept of the human condition requires personal exploration as well as personal accountability to self and others in the past and in the present, while…

of animals daily. Not only does animal testing go against basic animal rights, it is also unreliable and completely unnecessary as majority of the medications and products that are deemed safe to use through animal testing are dangerous to use on humans and other, cheaper and less cruel methods of testing products and medications have been discovered. Whilst a part of the animal testing industry, animals such as mice, rabbits and fish are forced to live in tiny cages surrounded by other afraid…

Being human is given, but preserving humanity is a choice. In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley reveals his fears of the imminent time where humans may fail to exhibit humanity when confronted with a world composed of irrelevance, triviality, and ignorance, forcing all to accept a life where the meaningful truth is justified and valued as if it were meaningless and false. Throughout the plot, Huxley makes it obvious that John shares more commonalities with the reader than the other characters in…

however, almost none of us note the workers behind the scene who are also oppressed. Torres (2007) and Hawthorne (2011) explore the oppression toward humans and nonhuman animals in this capitalist society that are hidden from the public. Although both articles go toward similar goals, Torres (2007) goes in depth into the discourse of exploitation of humans and animals in various scenarios, whereas Hawthorne (2011) attempts to increase awareness of the hidden production process of the food we…

‘cityspace’” (Ratti &Townsend, Scientific American). If an entire rebellion can be organized online, imagine what else can be accomplished. Cyberspace can bring the greatest dreams and fantasies of humanity into existence with the power of technology and human innovation, all of which occurring in cities all across the globe. Cities are the best places on Earth for new…

impossible to standardize? These abstractions help paint the complexity of the human state of mind, or rather, our understanding of it. Ethan Watter’s “The Mega Marketing of Depression in Japan” narrates how western medicine and perceptions of depression encroached into the Japanese culture, and in particular, how pharmaceutical companies attempt to generalize this phenomenon despite cultural differences. Elephants and humans share even larger structural differences in Charles Siebert’s “An…

views of human nature of Confucianism and Christianity, as presented in the provided class readings and from my personal experience. I will also discuss the problems, perks, and any questions I have with each of the traditions. I will assert that both traditions are valid belief systems, but I am slightly more comfortable with the Christian tradition. My conclusion is that Confucianism is a more straightforward tradition in terms of understanding the metaphysical and diagnosis of the human…

non-human animals against the rationality gambit; which attempts to establish the superior ethical status of humans over animals because humans are rational and animals are not. He uses deductive argument in aim of providing the connection between the premises (arguments/theories) and the conclusion. In response to the group membership’s arguments, he uses cases such as Heaven’s case to reason in support…

and technology, human has an ever-increasing living standard . As such, numerous products have been created to meet our constantly generating demands in different aspect of lives. In order to examine the quality of the products, animal testing are widely applied in multiple industries, and it seems that animal testing is inevitable for the sake of human. In definition, “animal testing” refers to the procedures which performed on living animals for various purposes of testing the human health…

Wealth inequality is not the only form of inequality that arose due to the advent of farming. Gender inequality is another form of inequality that has been a major aspect of society ever since humans began to farm (The Guardian). Hunter-gathering humans were very egalitarian in regard to the role of women in their societies (Ibid.). Studies have shown that women in hunter-gathering societies had equal influence in group decisions in regard to where the group lives and with whom they live (Ibid.)…