Human reliability

Universal struggle. As a nation we face it and as a person, we face it daily throughout our lives. Struggling is something that tests and defines the persons we are and who we will be. The trailer, for the biopic film Stronger, establishes the theme of universal struggle through a wide variety of tones. As the trailer opens, the director attempts to develop a tone of friendliness but also heartbreak. The tone of friendliness is found at the scene of the bar and the willingness of the main…

Sometimes I feel like the world purposely lies to themselves so that they don’t have to accept what they truly are like and make up for all the bad things they have done. I know what I am like already even if there are some parts I want to change about myself. I feel like a lot of people don’t like to accept the fact that they can’t be perfect and that kind of annoys me sometimes when I try to explain to them that they can’t be great at everything. In our class we took a bunch of surveys…

Theodore Roosevelt once said, “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” In the video “The Dangers of Willful Blindness” by Margaret Heffernan she starts to talk about whistleblowers and she said, “They're hugely dedicated to the institutions that they work for, and the reason that they speak up, the reason they insist on seeing, is because they care so much about the institution…

John Winthrop stated, “We shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us,” in hopes of creating the fundamental standards of a nation that stands for righteous living, and one that values the troubles of their citizens.With this in mind, the thought of thousands living in poverty with little to no government assistance is quite astonishing. Barbara Ehrenreich, a widely read author, addressed in her entry “How We Cured ‘The Culture of Poverty,’ Not Poverty Itself,” that public…

Based on the Consequentialist/Teleological theory, “Good is prior to the right.” “Good” refers to the nonmoral outcome, and “right” refers to the action based on morality. This theory prioritizes the outcomes of the actions. According to Darwall, “Consequentialist moral theories all agree that the moral rightness and wrongness of acts are determined by the non-moral goodness of relevant consequences” (23). If the outcome is good, then the action is morality right. If the outcome is not good,…

BREATH OF REALITY Throughout their lives, people experience emotional and physical obstacles. There are a variety of ways to overcome these hardships, mostly categorized into wrong and right. Each individual has discovered what ways works well in way of achieving their desired outcomes. Or, in the very least, the requirements that must be met in order not to fail. The end results in overcoming a hardship may result in a better character, stronger mentalities, or the discovery of a natural…

Akiva Finkelstein Difference Between Environmental Knowledge and Attitude Georgian Court University Difference Between Environmental Knowledge and Attitude There is a massive problem in this world that tends to be overlooked. This is the issue of maintaining the environment and ensuring that the earth stays healthy. An aspect of this issue is the prevalence of knowledge verse attitudes towards the environment. Therefore, J.C. Bradley, T.M. Waliczek, and J.M. Zajicek decided to run an…

The theory of human nature or the state of nature as described by both Hobbes and Rousseau has been a philosophy that has been in constant question since the 17th century. Both Hobbes and Rousseau wrote on this topic a century a part from another and had similar yet distinct ideas in regards to the state of nature and the need for government or social contract. Hobbes ideology portrays man in a harsh and most depressing manner; his views are seen as cynical and pessimistic. Rousseau’s…

Zig Ziglar, an american author and motivational speaker, once said, “Fear has two meanings. Forget everything and run, or face everything and rise. The choice is yours.” In today's society, anytime a challenge or something that is outside of a person’s comfort zone arises, the immediate instinct is to run from it or hide it. When people face their trials it's like hiking in the mountains. Although it may be really tough and require a lot of bravery, in the end they can end up stronger and proud…

2b. The critique presented by Gould and Lewontin in the Spandrels paper describes the shortcomings of the adaptationist program that had been the predominant path of evolutionary thought for decades. Adaptationists see natural selection as the only and all-powerful force that can overcome any constraint to species' traits, and that evolution in turn relies exclusively on natural selection. In challenging this concept of adaptation, Gould and Lewontin are not denying the existence evolution by…