Human reliability

Subsequently, the ad becomes morally and ethically questionable to the audience because of the owner’s reaction. This creates the reliability of the service the website provides to be questioned as well. Because of the rhetoric they use, they have created a negative ethos for their company that goes beyond this tasteless ad. There is a Budweiser commercial from Super Bowl 2015 titled…

technical solution to the population problem(Hardin 1243)? He argues that there is a not a technical solution to this problem, which means that the natural sciences will not be able to provide an adequate solution, and thus, a change must be made to human morality and values(1243). This lack of a technical solution tied with society’s current values revolve around Adam Smith’s idea of laissez-faire and individuals maximizing their personal gains results in the condition of Hardin’s problem:…

In “Evidence” by journalist Kathryn Schulz, Schulz investigates human cognition, inductive reasoning and largely why humans find it so rewarding to be correct and so infuriating to be mistaken and how this outlook toward inaccuracy affects us in everyday life. There is the quote, “ To err is human”, meaning, everyone makes mistakes. However, the majority of us travel through life assuming we are right about almost everything. The question is then, if being mistaken is a natural trait, why are…

In the dialogue, Utopia, written by Sir Thomas Moore, there are multiple aspects to Utopian society that may strike out in some form or fashion to the reader, whether those aspects may be simply odd, interesting or even appalling. However, if I had to pick out one aspect of More’s Utopian society that stuck out to me in an interesting fashion, it would be the Utopians’ definition of what pleasure truly means in their society, and, I have various reasons to think so in that regard. First of all,…

It is a fact that artists create, whether through written mediums, visual arts, or music, based on their experiences in life. An artist is someone making a commitment to submit their self to society, exposing themselves and being vulnerable by merging their creative energy into things of beauty and meaning, writers present a part of themselves that only they can waken into being. Within the process of creating art, an individual takes inspiration from all that they are surrounded with and a big…

Thomas Nagel is a New York University professor and has written many things regarding the mind and moral theory. In moral luck Nagel thinks through the whole Kantian view of morality which shows that everyone is equal participants in the moral enterprise. Nagel argues that the Kantian view is too simple and doesn’t take into account the way external factors impinge upon us. Nagel brings up four different types of moral luck: constitutional luck, circumstantial luck, consequential luck which…

Money and happiness, two completely separate things, that people tend to relate to each other. In other words, some believe that money can buy happiness. However, that is not the case. Happiness can be achieved in a million different ways, and everyone has a different type of happiness. Money might have to do with some people’s happiness, but to be truly happy one cannot depend on one’s paycheck. So, happiness is not determined by what one’s bank account can afford, but it is about the small…

Effects of Land on Colonial Culture: New Jersey More often than not, the most successful people endured obstacles and difficulties. Even when they have the tools to succeed, outside forces impede and slow them down. Fertile land, access to water, and a location that was ideal for trade. These characteristics of New Jersey seem to be the perfect foundation for a booming colony. However, the advantages of these features were weighed down by disputes over possession, a lack of common currency, and…

The technology in today's society is used to stay on the so-called hip status. It is used to stay up to date with all the issues, hot topics and anything else that may be happening in the society. This technology comes with the expense that effects humans deeply. Technology causing our neurological pathways to alter in an atrocious way. In the article, “Does the Internet Make You Dumber?” by Nicholas Carr, he argues that the internet is causing an individual’s brain to become shallow along with…

Deeply rooted in philosophy, the correspondence view of reality and truth is the typical way of thinking in society. Reality in this model may look like the following thought process: Reality is the correspondence between what is in the outside world and what is in the viewer’s head. Reality is independent of the subject, but the experience of reality is dependent on the subject. It is independent because objects in reality exist as they are without the experience of observers. This ontology…