Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) article, “Ethics Guide: Eating Animals,” it examines three different ethical perspectives – the rights argument, the consequential (utilitarian) argument, and the virtue argument – against the rearing and killing of animals for human consumption in layman’s terms primarily for the average contemporary reader in Anglo-American societies (such as Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom). Furthermore, the BBC, a leading worldwide media corporation, contends…
Although many describe truth’s effectiveness as mountain-crumbling, perhaps the intrinsic value of truth is romanticized. This is not to say that falsehood automatically has more power than the truth; simply that, in a given context, perhaps, the sole knowledge of the truth would fail to convert an obstinate and cruel audience to righteousness. In such a situation, the power of truth’s possessors eclipses the intrinsic power of the truth to maintain morality and to eradicate evil falsehoods.…
to survive. In the article “Defining Sustainability, Defining the Future” Ethan Goffman states about the four levels of sustainability in the hierarchy scale which are “Quality of life and other values, Species Extinction and human rights, Health and life expectancy, and Human Survival at the basic level” (Goffman 85). He is trying to say that people should not be scared to show and share their decisions with other people so they can live the lifestyle they want without any trouble and have a…
Great Minds Do Think Alike: But Not in All Cases... Imagine having to use a different bathroom just because you were a person of color. Imagine not being able to enter a theatre, hotel, restaurante, train car, museum, library, or school just because they were areas that a particular race claimed. This was the reality for African Americans during the Progressive era of the United States. This era was a time of change in the legal status of African Americans, they were freed from slavery and…
his own knowledge in proving certain aspects of the infinite, which would, in a way, strengthen his arguments. Despite their different approaches and ideas, in general, of the infinite, these two philosophers came to find important realizations of human nature and the world around them.…
Book Review Imagine a world where you can talk to an animal, and that animal will then talk back to you. That world is real, and the animal is an African Grey Parrot. Irene Pepperberg wrote a memoir called, Alex & Me. This book is about Pepperberg’s experiences and hardships studying birds, in particular a bird’s ability to talk and understand words, and her growing relationship with one bird. This bird was named Alex, and he was an African Grey who died at a young age of thirty-one years old.…
Socrates should be found guilty of impiety. Fellow aristocrats, we understand the nature of piety and impiety with greater clarity than most Athenians. To be pious is to honor and respect the gods, and to do so earns the love of the gods. It is clear Socrates does not meet these criteria for numerous reasons, however, one is particularly prominent: Socrates challenged the oracle by actively trying to refute the Pythia’s prophecy regarding him. Socrates himself presented this information, and…
The Neverending Desire for More Alain de Botton argues in his article, “Equality Expectation and Envy,” that as Western society has had increasing success, a sense of failure and disappointment with oneself has emerged. In his analysis, he states that people must stop comparing themselves to one another; instead, they should focus on curbing their own desires and being satisfied with all of the material advancements that can be enjoyed in today’s world. Botton overall discusses how Western…
I overheard my father and brother whispering in his room and I heard my father say softly, “Don’t worry Hijo, I will help you with the applications and find out information for you.” My heart crumbled into pieces. My words had gotten caught in my throat and hot tears were started to form in my eyes. I was so angry with my father, how was he going to help my brother during the application process when he knew I was having great difficulty doing it on my own. I sat on my bed as tears were rolling…
The question of existence has been the topic of discussions, debates, and writings for many centuries. The eyes are driven to see what they want to believe, creating an illusion of things that sometimes is not truly there. It is often quoted that “perception is reality”, but perception is subjective. Individuals tend to see things differently, therefore isn’t their reality seen differently? Oftentimes, people are comfortable in their ignorance, and hostile to anyone who points it out. Within…