Human swimming

An explosion of new ideas and cultures came about from the post World War universe. The world from the 1950s until the present day has been filled with these blossoming ideas, as a response to the shocking and harsh realities brought forth by the devastating World Wars. Despite some rejection of traditional values, these ideas still have roots embedded in philosophies thought up well before the the 1950s. The progression and regression of certain ideas are apparent if one looks at the historical…

Albert Einstein once said, “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” Mr. Einstein, sadly that day has arrived. The 21st century already consists of an explosion of digital creation and discovery. People are living longer, diseases are being cured, and global communication is at an all-time high. However, the 21st century has begun to show all the probable danger to come from these discoveries. The theme of the 21st century…

numerous times, this one by Francis and Norman. In their argument, Francis and Norman reject Singer’s principle, arguing that humans may give human interests greater consideration than comparable animal interest (Francis and Norman 507). Francis and Norman agree that animal interests deserve some consideration, but they argue that it is ethically correct for humans to give human interests more weight than similar animal interests. They base their argument on the premise that all and only…

Crake is a character who has a bright, young mind in his earlier years, but seems to have a gradually increasing obsession with his idea of perfectionism as the years go by. Over many years, Crake realizes that there are many qualities about the human race that he finds to be negative. Crake feels the need to do something about this, which is why he decides to work on a project that he feels would benefit humanity, but actually causes destruction. While Crake has shown examples…

it out even though that would have changed nothing. It makes me reconsider whether or not Halcrow wanted Madewell to end his life, especially because there was no way he could verbally communicate his wishes. This inability to communicate and the human instinct to prevent pain and death further complicates this situation to the point where it seems that no reasonable solution is applicable. In spite of these complications, Captain Madewell made the correct decision in killing Sergeant Halcrow…

In order for an inductive inference to be strong it needs to large and representative of the sampled population as a whole. However, considering the fact that the human population is roughly 7 billion and growing, it is difficult to have a sample be large enough to represent everyone. In order to counteract this then the inference would need to be unbiased. According to Ethan Watters however, most psychology experiments…

When Buster Friendly makes his announcement that the “Wilbur Mercer is not human, does not in fact exist...Mercerism is a swindle”(209). The Baty’s a quick to agree. They see the empathy box as a way of “proving that humans can do something [androids] can’t do..[androids] just have your word that you feel this empathy business”(209). However, in the context of the chosen passage, a key contradiction…

I believe that ethics is not a subject that can necessarily be taught, however I do think that through reading Plato and Aristotle, we can better understand human nature and its relationship to ethics, as well what we as humans have to do to become people of good character. Theoría and phronesis can both be applied when answering different questions. Theoría, or theoretical wisdom, deals with knowing something in particular and asking questions…

extinction of humankind. Poems such as “Ozymandias”, short stories such as “Violence of the Lambs”, and novels like “Cat’s Cradle” reveal the themes of fragility of human life, the illusion of religion and authority, and destruction caused by humans through devices such as imagery, allusion, and irony. “Ozymandias”, “Violence…

Genetic modifications, as this group pointed out, have been going on for a very long time through natural selection. This process alone created the desired foods we want to eat. As per human genetic modifications, the first test began in 1973. From that moment in history genetic modifications became more prevalent. Often GMOs are consider damaging to our health because they are not natural, even if the gene being modified is natural elsewhere…