Introduction One of the core issues on today’s eco agenda is whether global warming is affected by manmade factors or is it a purely natural phenomenon. Recent scientific reports and statistical numbers prove that humans are causing climate to change 170 times faster than natural forces. This view is supported...
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Transhumanism is the belief that humans can become much more advanced, beyond the limitations of biology that are the source of human weaknesses (Farrell, & De, 2011). Transhumanists believe in the possibility of technology improving upon the human race in various ways. According to Blake, Molloy, & Shakespeare (2012), the...
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Nearly everyone with a Facebook can tell that the ads on the site are catered to them. Do a simple search for, say, ceiling fans on Google and suddenly advertisements for ceiling fans are popping up on your Facebook feed. While somewhat tactless, most of us find the advertisements harmless...
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Introduction The correlation between the actualization of human rights and the conservation of the natural systems and biodiversity is a pertinent issue, which raises divergent viewpoints and theoretical suppositions from scholars around the globe. The conservation of the natural systems and biodiversity is axiomatic as it invigorates the actualization of...
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Introduction The controversies around use of the child labor still continue to disrupt business environment and status of most global companies. Child labor implies employment of young people for any job in deprivation of their childhood resulting in several forms of impairment in their community. In fact, many consumers are...
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Dr. Faustus is an Elizabethan tragedy that was authored by Christopher Marlowe. The story highlights the life of a man who is after power and knowledge to which the lead protagonist associates with Godhood. Dr. Faustus is the lead protagonist in this play. He follows in the footsteps of Lucifer...
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Global village (globalization) has been a contentious issues for the last decade. It the continuous development phenomenon that has been going on for the last three decades. Contemporary researchers and scholars have been debating on whether globalization is more advantageous or disadvantageous. According to Bauman (1998), the modernized information technologies...
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The dependence of oil as the dominant source of energy in the world has led to a lot of political conflicts in the depletion and accessibility of the oil products. The consequences of using oil are detrimental to the lives on earth. They are more daring and exceed the benefits....
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Schools exist not to merely provide instructions in different subject matters but also teach skills to survive and thrive later in the real world. Students usually enter school when they are barely making sense of the world and graduate from high school life just when they are about to enter...
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Arguably the greatest challenge of the U.S President Barack Obama’s presidency has been the universal healthcare law, also commonly referred to as ‘Obamacare’. Like any major public issue, Obamacare has both supporters and opponents who present a number of arguments in their defense. But Obamacare should be supported because the...
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It is not hard to understand the lure of money. Money gives you power and status in the society and it helps you stay ahead of the Joneses. The classical economic problem of scarcity of resources, which is a fact of life for the majority of the inhabitants of this...
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“Cultural lag” is a term firstly used by the scholar William F. Ogburn in 1922. William F. Ogburn intended to show that frequently changes in societal culture turned out not congruent with the economic changes that took place. Ogburn’s hypothesis therefore was based on the premise that many cultural changes...
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There is divided opinion on the benefits of technological advances and modern conveniences on the quality of life in modern society. While some people insist that technological advances have been beneficial and improved the quality of life, others argue that such advances have negative effects on the lives of people....
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