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Glaucon and Adeimantus were both prominent advocates with their perspectives against justice being an intrinsic good. An intrinsic good - something good in itself, what we value for what it naturally is and nothing more, such as friendship or happiness or emotions as a whole are considered to be intrinsic goods. Glaucon raised experimental ideas against Socrates’ philosophy towards justice and challenged him with narrative examples and whatnot. He also brought forth that there are 3 types of…

Fixing society, it’s a commonly discussed topic with many many different opinions, but who really holds the key to unlock our full potential. In Beyond Civilization: Humanity’s Next Great Adventure by Daniel Quinn, he claims to know the answer. He claims that our society is doomed unless we make drastic changes, and flip what we know upside down. Daniel Quinn goes on to say how we need new minds to come up with a solution, rather than old minds coming up with programs and how we need to orient…

By the early 20th century, the fractures between environmental conservationists and the preservationists were beginning to appear. Explain the differences between these two concepts and how they began to emerge in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s over the controversy the damming of the Hetch Hetchy Valley. Be sure to consider the leaders of these contradictory movements, as well as their philosophies regarding nature. What was the outcome of this controversy? Who won, and why? In the…

Changing Technology and Epigenetics The ever-changing role of technology has surely changed the generations and the way we interact with one another. As described in Sharon Moalem’s essay on epigenetics, “Changing Our Genes: How Trauma, Bullying and Royal Jelly Alter Our Genetic Destiny," researchers have uncovered the relationship between environmental changes and the impact these changes can have on future generations. Carrying that theory out just a little further, why can’t the role of…

When I was younger I always thought of death as this cruel thing that took away those that I loved. However, death is something that is natural, but still is something that I want to keep at a distance. When death happens to those around us we offer our condolences, but are thankful on the inside it is not our family this time around. However, every death we experience is painful in its own way. It can remind us of someone else’s passing or make us think about our own future. With death being on…

GoDaddy.com: A Nightmare for Dogs and Rhetoric Alike It’s near impossible anymore to log onto Facebook or watch TV without seeing a video relating to or about a dog. Whether it be a sad video about shelter dogs or a funny video of a dog beggin’ for a treat. Companies use videos of pets, especially dogs, because they are a subject that for the most part is universally loved. Because of this, it’s indisputable why the commercial at the 2016 Super Bowl for GoDaddy.com was under scrutiny. Instead…

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…