Thomas Garrett

vote and to sit on juries"(138). Through all the actions of Harriet Tubman, Thomas Garrett, and Ellen Craft they all portray and relate to freedom and sacrifice which is illustrated by the quote, "We got to go free or die. And freedom's not bought with dust." Harriet Tubman shows a lot of sacrifice and freedom through acts of leadership of the slaves while they are on the journey to freedom. While Thomas Garett helped them throughout in the middle helping them with food and shelter and other acts of kindness. Ellen Craft shows a lot of freedom and sacrifice…

Tubman, William Still, and Thomas Garrett played major roles in the railroad, from the formation to the operation of the railroad. Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the railroad, who would personally take trips south, and escort them the entire way to freedom. William Still was a conductor at the grand station, who kept extensive records of all slaves that he helped. Thomas Garrett was a Quaker abolitionist, whose house was the last stop on the freedom line. He helped over two thousand seven…

Thomas Garrett was one the outspoken Quaker abolitionist. At the time he lived in Delaware which borders the oppressive slave states. Environments that were anti-slavery still felt is taboo to speak against slavery. This was probably done to remain in a passive state that didn’t want to agitate those who were in the middle. Garrett, however, would write articles signed with his name and published in the Wilmington. Garrett professed his actions and bragged about his work with fleeing slaves. It…

The deliberate actions of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Thomas Garrett undoubtedly evoke the themes of freedom and sacrifice. As a result of Tubman being willing to risk her own life, she saved hundreds of slaves and encouraged many to follow in her footsteps. Douglass and Garrett also helped change the lives of countless slaves, as well as shape the future of America. It was through the help of these great people, that many African-Americans were saved. Harriet Tubman clearly…

Hardin’s “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor” Selfishness is exposed by Durning’s “Asking How Much Is Enough” In the short essay “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor” Garrett Hardin argues that the planet faces the problem of overpopulation. He suggest nations should stop helping the poor before the overpopulation kills everyone. He advises the wealthy to protect their resources and leave those who cannot to fend for themselves. He describes the world as being…

By claiming, “undoubtedly we should desire the happiness of those whom we love, but not as an alternative to our own” (Russell 364), he demonstrates that if people only give in a relationship, but are not happy themselves, the love is not worth maintaining. Thus, in order to live “the good life” well, one must focus on self-interest rather than setting others’ needs ahead of oneself. Additionally, Garrett Hardin’s “Lifeboat Ethics,” further emphasizes that one must be self-content and not feel…

their values, experiences and beliefs. Numerous individuals struggle with trying to search for what type of person one would have to be to live the good life well. Is it the person who donates every penny to charity? Is it the person who contributes to society through positive actions? Or is it the person who is concerned with their success? There are some that believe that living a good life is based on just one factor in its most extreme form by either being only concerned with one’s own…

“Who is John Gault?” Shall this phrase be considered as a figure of speech, or even a rhetorical question? Yet while read on, readers come to realization how the expression has a more simple meaning with the answer; that John Gault is an actual man who plays an important part in the story of Atlas Shrugged. In this book, we get the answer to said question in the beginning of Part 3. Here, a lady named Dagny Taggart crashes her aircraft into Galt’s Gulch of Colorado; and meets John Galt in…

Help for someone people is second nature. Helping others no matter what the circumstances may be is just instinct for them. While for others help is something they approach more cautiously it’s something they choose to do if it does not negatively impact them in the process. Help is complex and confusing. Should it always be given to those who need it? Or should help only be offered if we can offer it without risking ourselves? For some the answer is clear we should all strive to help as many…

(Intro) Peter Singer’s “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” and Garrett Hardin’s “Lifeboat ethics” are contradictory philosophical works that examine whether scarce resources should be shared with the poor. Singer’s argument is that “suffering and death from lack of food, shelter and medical care are bad" (Singer, 1972); therefore all people become morally obligated to help the poor. While Hardin argues that ethics of a Lifeboat should be followed because there is a finite amount of resources …