Human physical appearance

” Pascal essentially suggests that psychological suffering will always be humanity's greatest weakness. Mental anguish can exist as a repercussion or as a cause of a circumstance. This pain derives fundamentally from the vulnerability of the human mind. Humans are susceptible internally, a fact that will eventually lead to their demise as it serves to restrain them from moving forward with life. The assumed failure of success redefines what matters, and consequently, the turmoil of emotions that…

a minor difference that, in the end, result in different roles in building and destroying a character. In the beginning it first deals with a physical form of isolation, while the latter focuses more on a mental scale. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, alienation and loneliness plays an important role, because it shows how both themes affect and shape humans and the creature. In the novel both Victor and the creature are alienated. Victor alienates himself whereas the creature is alienated from…

of the monsters acts against him and the people dearest to him. While the Monster comes into the world with a loving heart, he is rejected by all and believes that all humans are terrible, and he seeks revenge on all who hurt him. By the acts of everyone he encounters and Victors, he too becomes secluded and an outcast. Appearance, personality, and placement of events- all are reasons that society shuns the Outcast. Thus creating the archetype of the Outcast, which both Victor and the Monster…

Race as A Classification Of Social/Human Construct Nigger, cracker, redneck, and hillbilly are all words people use to classify people of skin color, dialect, culture or ‘race’. The use of such terms have been established as a result of discrimination on the basis of classification of race by social and human constructs. John Glover Roberts Jr., the 17th and current Chief Justice of the United States stated, “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the…

currently places a stronger emphasis on the biological aspects of illness and overlooks many ethical and personal aspects that should also be accounted for. This naturalistic approach generalizes illness based on “natural or physical facts that are sufficient to explain the human world.” (Carel, 9) Although biology plays a very important role in the understanding of illness, the most ethical and important role should be the patient’s perspective of their own illness and experience. The study of…

we view one another by altering our brains reaction to physical appearance. One can still see perfect and imperfect faces, however, the aesthetic reaction that a person feels when they look at a perfect or imperfect face is nonexistent. Calli causes people to look beyond beauty and appreciate people for who they are, instead of how they look. While Calli may seem like a good idea of the surface, judgment is much more complex than appearance alone. People tend to search for solutions such…

A life of a Neanderthals vs human lifestyle This most popular hominin roamed the earth in the years of 127 to 130 Kya. They had caves they made into their home. There’s this misconception that Neanderthals were least advanced as a result of their appearance. In fact, Neanderthals had a very similar lifestyle to modern humans. Their lifestyle and physical features were beneficial to their survival and unmistakably similar to humans. The skull of any organism is a major piece to the…

excitement and hope for the future. Sonia Miller believes that “[b]y welcoming and adopting new technologies [...], the human condition can be redesigned, allowing for personal growth beyond the current biological limitations” (Miller, 61). Although, this type of augmentation also raises serious ethical and social concerns among the general population. The depiction of augmented humans in popular media has become a significant thematic topic, in which our real world discussions influence. Media,…

In All Animals Are Equal, the philosopher Peter Singer argues that we should extend the basic principle of equality to non-human animals. In order to justify this claim, the author examines the foundations of the basic principle of equality, establishing a moral system that takes into account the equal consideration of interests of living beings. Peter Singer states that in order for a being to have interests at all, one must take into account the capacity of suffering and enjoyment, or in other…

The Genetic Modification of Human Embryos: The Negative Effects of an Unknown Process Imagine you are in the doctor’s office and you are told, “Congratulations for wanting a child! Now it is time to select your options.” You sit there with your spouse and decide the sex, hair and eye color, height, and DNA of your future child, just as you would customize a new car that you are buying. The issue is, however: what if you choose the wrong options, and when did nature disappear in the…