The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race Essay

In the beginning of WWII when Adolf Hitler and his fascist party of the Nazis came to power in Germany, they used what would become to be a major issue that would still have an effect on society today. The Nazis used discrimination and prejudice against Jews known as anti-semitism, because he thought they were the cause of Germany’s problems during their economic hardships and the reason for Germany’s defeat in WWI. Hitler wanted more living space for “Aryans” which were people of purely North…

around the world. There is much debate in whether or not the death penalty should be abolished. There are many reasons why this penalty should be abolished, but this are the most important to be considered: “(1) The criminal justice system makes mistakes and the possibility of executing innocent people is both inherently wrong and morally reprehensible;…

interactions between human beings. It is all about the relationships that we make with one another and how we push through the downfalls to achieve our full potential as one. We as people embrace the fact that although a perfect and equal society is in the best interest of most, unfortunately there are always going to be the narrow-minded, arrogant beings who destroy and completely shatter this image and dream. As you know, the world has an extraordinarily large variety of races, religions, and…

In a subject where bland and seemingly useless facts are dominant, most American high school students call history their least favorite subject. In Lies my Teacher Told Me, James Loewen thinks teachers also feel the same disinterest on their side and eventually just give up. It becomes boring and because of these reasons, the spark of interest quickly diminishes and the student feels as though there is nothing left but to dislike the subject. The textbooks are more or less a bland regurgitation…

Laura Reddig Professor Michelle MacFarlane AG 198 7 October, 2015 Midterm 1. Alternative crops are crucial to changing the unhealthy dieting habits of modern culture as the reliance on calorie rich crops rise. The world is shifting its agricultural focus to crops like wheat, corn, and soybeans while crops like sweet potato, cassava and yam are declining in numbers (Parker, 2014). With such a limited number of crops being relied on to provide most dietary nutrition, those crops have to be…

made in shaping the society in which we live. Another unknown detail is that the use of farming is very recent to our knowledge. Dating to about 11,000 years ago, farming has played a key role in the evolution of mankind. About 11,000 years ago humans started to cultivate food intentionally. This process of cultivating food is known as “farming” and it started taking hold in the Near Eastern part of the world at about 8,500 B.C. This is astonishing considering the first trace of man dates…

Wealth inequality is not the only form of inequality that arose due to the advent of farming. Gender inequality is another form of inequality that has been a major aspect of society ever since humans began to farm (The Guardian). Hunter-gathering humans were very egalitarian in regard to the role of women in their societies (Ibid.). Studies have shown that women in hunter-gathering societies had equal influence in group decisions in regard to where the group lives and with whom they live (Ibid.)…

The book “Ordinary Men” describes the Police Batallion, a subset of the Order Police, who directly participated in the massacre of Jewish civilians in Poland of 1942. The author of “Ordinary Men”, Christopher Browning analyzes the testimonies made by the members of the Batallion in the 1960s, and tries to understand how any sane man was capable of performing the horrible deeds committed by these ordinary men. Browning takes a psychological standpoint in analyzing the motivation behind these…

The Ethics of Cloning Cloning is one of the greatest questions of science. Is it possible? Can we clone humans? Can we create a soldier army of perfect clones? These are the questions that people have been asking. What is cloning? This would probably be a good place to start. Cloning is, “the genetic duplication of an existing organism especially by transferring the nucleus of a somatic cell of the organism into an enucleated oocyte” (Medical-Dictionary)It’s like this say you have a…

Mathew Sarsfield Miss Cooper Senior Project 4 May 2014 The Morality of Genetic Engineering In 2002, a lesbian couple tried to conceive a child who was deaf. Being deaf themselves, they wanted to have a child that shared their disability because they did not view deafness as a disability, but rather as a gift. They had previously succeeded in having a deaf daughter, and were trying to have a son this time. Since they could not have a child themselves, they looked toward a friend who had many…