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Have you ever caught yourself acting like your mom or dad? Nature vs nurture debate is an interesting discussion about whether genetics or parenting has a bigger impact on our lives. Nature is genetics a pretty big thing to make the person we are today. But then we have another big part, nurture, which is the environment we live in. My opinion is that nurture is more powerful, because it is how we are raised and where we live. Nature is genetics, and it’s when your personality comes from your…

refutes the opposing argument, and finishes with his support for genetic modification. His thesis is because genetic modification is already happening, we may as well embrace it and make it a part of our lives. In the other essay “Genetically Modified Humans? No Thanks” written by Richard Hayes, he addresses Green and his argument right off the bat, disagrees with him, and then continues to refute Green’s points for the duration of the essay. Hayes’ thesis states that once genetic modification…

and thus norms were created because people are unsure of how to go about their lives in society. This unsureness and need for direction is what Heidegger calls the “dictatorship of the “they”” (Heidegger p.234). This being rules and norms that humans follow on a day to day basis. The “they” control how we feel and judge things. The second sentence discusses how the things that we enjoy and the opinions we have are formed by the “they”. Everything…

In Kant’s essay, he argues that the immaturity a person might have is brought upon themselves not because one does not want to understand. He argues that we are afraid to break free from the norm and think for ourselves. He believes that the saying of enlightenment is to “have the courage to use your own understanding.” (Kant 54) Kant defines enlightenment as “enlightenment is a man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity” (54) I believe that Kant defines enlightenment this way because…

Plato’s allegory of the cave depicts the existence of human beings in the bleakest manner, we could view his allegory as one that is unfathomable and quite hard to contemplate in regards to human life and the existence as a whole. Plato’s take on the world clearly envisions the world as a singular cave, one that’s dark and enclosed, and human beings as though they are prisoners in this cave. The human beings are depicted to be trapped within the walls of the cave without a possibility of ever…

stop to think about all that we as individuals have become exposed to, things quite honestly beyond our control, you must also stop and wonder why do we as humans continually view the objectification of any one person or gender expectable? Searching through magazines, one soon becomes aware of the importance placed upon perfecting the human form. Ultimately creating an atmosphere laden with self-doubt and misunderstanding as advertisers along with media work tirelessly to make each one of us…

side. While Fukuyama makes an argument against the transhumanists, Bailey makes a compelling argument for them. He does so by justifying why enhancing humanity is a human thing to do, while also illustrating the realistic circumstances enhancing technology has and will put us in. Bailey establishes a strong argument by suggesting humans “escape” their biological constraints every time the race becomes smarter or discovers a new development in the world. For example, he argues how people…

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…