replacement for fossil fuel and developing renewable energy cost less money. A research from Hearps and McConnell (2011) indicates that even though the cost of the development of renewable energy is more on C02 reduction but it significantly will reduce the cost of mitigating climate change in the future. In Australia‚ Another research conducted by Australia Academy of Science (2009) indicates that develops renewable energy‚ for instance wind turbines‚ solar thermal‚ geothermal and other energies can help
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because of morale. In an excerpt from Singer’s Animal Liberation‚ he discusses the human tendency to demonstrate “speciesism‚” which he describes as the bias to favor the interests of one’s own kind and show no regard for the interests of other species. Which if true‚ then this would explain why most people consume meat‚ and why today’s meat industry is violent and merciless to cattle and other animals‚ causing them to suffer a great deal. However it doesn’t explain how people like Singer can resist
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The argument being presented in the given piece is the FBI asking permission from Apple to have the ability to access people’s private messages in their apple products. This argument came into conversation after the terrorist attack in San Bernardino‚ California. The author’s claim towards the argument is that the FBI should not be able to have the ability to tap into people’s individual cell phones. Although the FBI’s idea of decoding Apple’s encryption code in order to gain access to tapping into
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thought out and the best application to having the freedom of doing an action if it doesn’t cause any harm to anyone else. Therefore‚ there is no just reason to stop someone from doing an action if it doesn’t affect you in a negative manner. The counter-argument is that every action that has be done affects all individuals be it directly or indirectly. Mill (1859) states that whatever society that has been established and doesn’t or hasn’t adopted this mindset isn’t free at all. Mill also states that
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: Introduction Robert Nozick was one of the most influential political philosophers of his time‚ and his book “Anarchy‚ State and Utopia‚" has become a modern classic. His theories‚ especially the entitlement theory‚ have become the foundation for the Libertarian Political Party and the discussion of numerous modern philosophers to date. The entitlement theory is a core feature of Nozick’s entire ideology. This essay will be broken up into four parts. I will start off by presenting a detailed exposition
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institutions. An Article was published by then in The Guardian newspaper‚ a well-known British national newspaper which mainly targets the upper and middle class demographic with the headline of “To the Occupy Movement - the Occupiers of Tahrir Square Are with You”. It was written by ‘Comrades from Cairo’‚ whom mainly claimed in their article that the Arab spring roots from all the demonstrations happening at the moment. By coming across all points and claims mentioned in the article‚ I find that the
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well balanced meals who then find themselves gorging on entirely too much fast food. This of course leads to what is commonly called the Freshman fifteen‚ the gaining of at least 15 pounds that first year away from home. With the Fast Food Calorie Counter app it enables the user to input any food from up to 72 different fast food restaurants. This is a great way to stay on top of making sure that student does not over do it and holds themselves
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1. Singer’s main thesis in the essay is that individuals living in affluent countries need to alter their moral standards with regards to helping others and/or giving to charity. Singer argues that charity as we currently know it should no longer be voluntary. Singer contends that charity should be a duty‚ from which individuals are morally bound to provide assistance to others‚ rather than a voluntary means of fulfilling the desire to help another individual. Singer contends that those living
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animals die in vain because no direct benefit to humans occurred from the animal testing. The two articles that present benefits of animal testing are “Animal Testing Pros” written by Ranjan Shandilya and “Human Benefits of Animal Testing” by Russel Huebsch. Each of these authors has an interesting stand on the issue and presents some valuable information about animal testing. Although their arguments are mostly convincing‚ it is an issue that has to be examined on both sides. Is killing helpless
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Peter Singer’s Article on “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality” Barbara Shinualt PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor Daniel Beteta March 25‚ 2013 In his article‚ “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality”‚ philosopher Peter Singer observes that that there are millions of people around the world who are leading misery lives and suffering death‚ because of famine ‚ war‚ lack of shelter‚ and adequate medical care. He states that although rich nations have contributed great sums of money for these
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