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The modern society is becoming heavily reliant on new technological inventions, and this has raised concerns from ethicists. Much technological advancement in various fields including medicine has enormously changed the modern society. Technology has currently set a standard applicable to all people. Ethicists claim that although new technology seems to be beneficial to humans, they also make them ostentatious. It has taken away the close informality among people and thus having a huge effect on…

Although “humans” have an innate desire to progress and evolve, the concept of humanity is being challenged by rapidly advancing technology due to the fear of becoming a post human society. However, it can be noted that rather than technology making future generations less human, it executes the contrary by illuminating the feature that defines it: the connections made to each other and the universe. By utilizing technology as a catalyst for progressive change, humans have advanced and developed…

When we see a type violence occur in front of us we have an immediate reaction to it whether it is in disgust, appreciation, or fear. Nixon gives us the definition of “slow violence”, which is what I will discuss, slow violence is “…a violence that occurs gradually and out of sight, a violence of delayed destruction that is dispersed across time and space, an attritional violence that is typically not viewed as violence at all” (2). In the article “Slow violence” written by Nixon and “Boundary…

Being a human being 21st century is quite a wondrous thing. We have millions of amazing technologies that we can use at our disposal. Every day we look to our phones and acquire a thousand bits of information a second. On our daily walk to work or class we observe other humans with prosthetics or wheelchairs all the time. These advances in technology are great in so countless ways, but it still begs the question, what is technology’s role in society and do we rely on it too much? In “The…

Due to the development of technology, people are able to live faster, easier, and more convenient live. The invention of airplane allow people to go anywhere within one day, and the invention of the internet/ computer industry allow people to know everything from all over the world although they do not visit there. It is true that technology is helping people to live more efficient live in comparison with the past live. However, development of technology also causes some issues among the human…

Giants’ Churches in Finland By Anthony Bangert AST 105 Professor Stephen Schimmrich Giants’ Churches in Finland Introduction: Somewhere in the Ostrobothnia region, located in Western Finland, are Neolithic stone structures known as “Giants’ Churches.” These structures can be dated as far back as 2500 B.C. to a time known as the Neolithic period, or the “technological…

Q: What different kinds of societies emerged out of the Agricultural Revolution? A: Some of the societies that emerged out of the Agricultural Revolution were Pastoral societies. These societies used and depended on their animals more extensively and were more mobile because they moved seasonally as they followed the changing patterns of vegetation that was necessary for their animals. Another society that emerged were ones that were agricultural villages, they were one of the first documented…

Concerning Human Nature and Morality Socrates’ second Socratic paradox states that no man would willingly do harm if he knew what was good for himself. This is a paradox by every definition. By observing the very world we live in we can see how Socrates’ second paradox tends to contradict itself. Socrates’ claims do not seem to factor the problem of evil or human nature in totality. Humans, by nature, are not all bad, However we struggle with moral problem that can shed light on our faults.…

Technology Domination INTRODUCTION 1. What do you think of a world without work? An endless vacation, or wondering how you will put dinner on the table? The possibilities are endless. Derek Thompson, the author of “ A World Without Work” published in the July/August 2015 issue of The Atlantic, expresses the endless possibilities of how our future employment will be altered by technology. As I analyzed Thompson's article I noticed both his strengths and weaknesses. For instance, Thompson’s…

Our human society would not be the same without fire. In the beginning when man first discovered fire, it gave us the ability to protect ourselves, cook, gain warmth in the cold and evolve into the people we are today. Although we are uncertain of when the human race had its first camp fire. Many experts point to Wonderwerk cave, which is a million-year-old site in the northern cape province of south Africa. This cave is one of the oldest known locations of human habitation and perhaps gave…