We overcrowd, overeat, and pollute our earth, wiping out forests and wetlands to develop a new subdivision, or a restaurant where a large portion of the food goes to waste, or a car dealership where we can purchase our automobiles that run off of fossil fuels while polluting our atmosphere. ...
Such a connecting device is presented when Clarissa Dalloway is at the flower shop, when suddenly a car backfires in front of the flower shop. The car does not draw only Clarissa´s attention, but also that of the strollers outside the flower shop, among which Septimus Warren Smith, the shell-shocked World War I veteran, is present. So the car serves as a connection point insofar as the narrator shifts between the minds of Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus, allowing the reader an insight of how both of them experience this situation. ... But then as she sees the fancy car outside, she wonders lik...
gattaca "What is genetic engineering, after all, but pre-emptive plastic surgery? Make the child perfect in the test tube, and save money later." ~ Roger Ebert "Imagine a society where everyone is more intelligent and healthier than you. Imagine a society where your genetic makeup-engineered or ...
Cars give of one third of the world's carbon pollution and electric vehicles are being phased in through legislation requiring automobile manufactures to put electric vehicles on the market. The power to run these cars ultimately comes from electricity generating plants though. ... The other would be through using the media to catch our impressionable minds that have lost sight of their natural environment, and relentlessly advertise hip electric cars and cool energy sources. ...
In their discussions and explorations of what it is that makes a person a good human being, Socrates and Confucius value many of the same traits. Primarily, they both value the pursuit of learning as key to the development of their model of an enlightened person. However, there are a few important d...
Science was advancing at such an incredible rate that many fictional writings of the time predicted such things as colonization of the moon, flying cars, and that computers would be running almost all aspects of society by the end of the 20th century. ... Science has also tried to improve the problems created by automobiles by coming out with electric cars, hybrid engines, and hydrogen fuel cells. ...
Both Scientific Management and Human Relations have had a massive impact on the world since they were first mentioned and applied by Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856 – 1915) and George Elton Mayo (1880 – 1949). First of all, both concepts have in common the fact that they were used to increa...
Ever since the industrial revolution in the 19th century, machines have been adopted and used in tons of companies in the manufacturing industry, from the machines that were used to sew clothes, to the machinery today which can turn a pile of steel into a car in just a couple of hours. ...
The human innate behavior, up to this very day, has not been quite understood mainly due to its intricate aspects. The human behavior is known as being unpredictable depending upon an individuals surroundings. This ties into humanities true hypocritical nature towards the society they live in. Accor...
Judith Jarvis Thompson theses establish that abortion is always morally permissible. She argues that even if fetus does have the right to live, its life is dependent upon a body of a woman who is not morally required to permit a fetus to use her body to grow. Thus since a woman is not morally requir...
Ever since the first humans found a shiny rock, became obsessed and fought over it, we have been captivated by objects that are unnecessary for our survival but are pleasurable to own. The objects I'm talking about, also called luxuries come in the form of iPods, computers, blackberries and anythin...
