The Life of Pi by Yann Martel is part philosophical meditation, part "Survivor" story. It tells the tale of a young protagonist, a boy named Pi, who must survive on a raft with wild animals after a shipwreck. Martel's book poses the question-how can a religious person like Pi continue to be moral...

Introduction I. Imagine our class as a rugby team and Mrs. Edwards as our coach as we were flying over the Himalayas for a tournament until our plane suddenly crashes. A. Although we're most of us survived, we barely have any food to live on. B. Would we have to resort to cannibalism? I...

Chimpanzee The acts of cannibalism and infanticide are very apparent in the behavior of the chimpanzee. Many African studies show that wild chimpanzees kill and eat infants of their own species (Goodall, 1986:151). Although there is not a clear answer why chimps engage in this very vi...

As you may have read in my history article, my school routinely made us listen to teachers and speakers tell us why sex was a bad thing. Now, if you're a Christian proponent of the "no premarital sex" stance, I've probably just triggered you to say, "We don't think that sex is bad! We think that it'...

Although Polyphemos has human characteristics, the evidence to the question of weather or not Homer intended him to be a monster seems like that is what he wanted. Not only is Polyphemos the son of Posidon but the Cyclopes are twice the size of humans so when Odysseus and his men encounter Po...

Duality The theory of duality of personality is exhibited clearly in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment by the character Raskolnikov: Svidrigailov represents the cold, intellectual side of his personality and Sonia is a clear example of his humane, compassionate side. Let us examine these s...

Lord of the Flies by William Golding portrays society giving into their savagery by lacking the restraints normal to civilized human beings. Without order and self-restraint, man changes into "man the destroyer", a shocking form from lacking moral sensibility. However, the animal in human nature doe...

I am going to be straightforward as I can be, I do not like zombies. Never have, never will. Therefore, I struggled reading "World War Z." I tried to have an open mind, but the documentary style isn't interesting to me either. I know this is all a matter of taste, and I am probably in the mino...

Corporate business ethics has sparked one of the most controversial, concerning, and notorious issues in our world today. Business ethics refers to how people and institutions behave in the world of commerce, including factors such as exploiting its workforce, negligence for the environment, and the...

Systems in Earth Abides In George R. Stewart's novel Earth Abides, a vivid and highly detailed future of society is painted. After a fast spreading and fast acting disease has all but destroyed civilization, seemingly infecting nothing but humans, only a few survivors are left to live on and ...

Werewolves Werewolves have been talked about since the first werewolf tale in 1591. The website Werewolves: The Myths and the Truths tells of that first incident: Towns were underdeveloped and people lived near woods. The fear of wolves was like a nightmare...but one day the inh...

Among the many different family of monkey that walks this earth, the Chimpanzee is the closest living relative of human beings. Between the two species lies the most striking resemblances such a; biochemical, physiological, and anatomical as well as behavioral. In addition to these similarities, ...

Shelley's Counsel At the heart of mankind, there are certain rules by which society runs. These timeless laws or ethics cross cultural bounds in order to preserve life's order and maintain a righteous standard. For example, almost all societies agree that it is immoral to kill another...

It has been said that as long as the human species is in a living state conformity shall be part of how human society functions and part of man's natural tendencies. The more people already agree upon or share a particular idea, the more easily a newcomer will in turn be converted to that id...

In "Menschheit und Mutter Erde", the author, Arnold Toynbee, describes his point of view concerning man's relationship and interaction with the earth's biosphere and also gives an insight on a future development of both. Tonybee begins with a clear definition of the term biosphere. The biosphere i...

Moral Universalism should be a worldview. I believe that it would be better for the human race to live in a world where moral universalism is the accepted worldview. I believe this because moral universalism almost offers the world a moral view that has no conflicts, no differences and has no bias...

The Justification of a Life-Centered Perspective Santa Cruz is a city known for its beach access and huge redwoods. These redwoods have lately come into an environmental debate regarding their co-existence with the lime kiln, and the subsequent new growth dominance of the redwoods over the kil...

Robert Louis Stevenson's famous, dark, haunting and terrific short novel, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" was first published in 1886 and is still absorbing, relevant and deeply disturbing in this twenty- first century. Stevenson explores not only the theme of duality, ...

Felix American Literature The Devastation of the Indies The Article, "The Devastation of the Indies," by Bartolome De las Casas, is a brief account of the cruelty that was done to the Indians by the Spaniard so-called Christians who were considered heaven sent when they were actua...