Danger of Overpopulation Essay

Hardin vs. Swift Both Garrett Hardins Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor and Jonathan Swifts A Modest Proposal provide arguments of economic in equality religious satire and cultural arrogance. Both Hardin and Swift give arguments of why we are to be our brother’s keeper in a world where population is out of control and greed and self-preservation is a motivating factor. Hardin describes economic inequality as a population of the world in life boats. The rich and elite have…

As the world’s population expands higher every day, people continue to search for ways to mitigate the problems of their countries reaching the maximum amount of people it can handle. When China went under new leadership in the late nineteen forties, they even tried to make their population grow quicker (BGE). They called this program the “Great Leap Forward”. The only thing this leap propelled forward to was a time of immense poverty and famine(BGE). Was China’s one child policy a future proof…

Eradicating the Theory of Hunger: Hunger emerges from the fluctuating levels of poverty. But what would you say if you were told the solution to eradicating hunger rests not in the minds of politicians rather rests in the depths of your mind and free will? In the United States alone, hunger is associated with a social stigma that has become socially unacceptable to speak of, but what would happen if humanity can overcome the social stigma associated with hunger? A simple request to ask of many…

Environmental Issues (Liam): The Tapajós Study Group: The Tapajós Study Group is the combination of nine companies who are interested in bidding fpr the dam project. One of those companies is the state-owned Brazilian electricity giant Electrobras. The Tapajós Study Group also includes Brazilian construction companies Camargo Corrêa, Cemig, Copel, Eletronorte , and multinationals EDF (France), Enel (Italy/Spain), Engie (France/Belgium) and Neoenergia (Spain). All of the companies are…

Body-size and time have a unique relationship. Cope’s Rule explains this relationship by stating as time progress so does body-size. As an organism’s lineage ages, the general body-size becomes larger. This increase can have many benefits, but also drawbacks. Things like intelligence, development time, and fecundity are affected by body size. A study just released by Nature though might show that this rule does not always apply. A new effect is being observed that shows body-sizes may actually…

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable.” –Charles Darwin. Throughout the world many people find themselves in times of distress, whether they are lost in the jungle, or they are simply starving in the midst of a small town. Thousands of people may find themselves striving to survive no matter the consequences. When you are trying your best to stay in this world, then you will do anything, and I mean…

Food production is as central an issue to human populations as there is, along with access to freshwater they are essentially the prerequisites to human life. In addition to food production, it is of course necessary in any monetarily-based society to pay for that food in one way or another, assuming you are not solely a subsistence farmer. The socioeconomic philosopher-giants Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith, and Karl Marx all have their own polarizing understandings of the influences of food…

Worldwide population growth is an issue that grows more and more urgent with each passing day. Our earth is nearing its capacity, and its important that we address this issue to avoid a worldwide state of emergency. Garrett Hardin and Clark Wolf both discuss this issue in detail, and offer their own solutions on how we should solve this problem. However, while Hardin presents a valid view of our world population problems, Wolf provides a more well rounded argument, and goes further to provide…

has been a great debate among many people. Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus has warned the world about he negative consequences of overpopulation, because he said an increase in population would lead to food shortages. Paul Ehrlich also agreed with Rev. Malthus to some extent about the effects of overpopulation. We are experiencing some of the negative effects of overpopulation in the world as the population is at 7.2 Billion people and increasing. However, some believe that humans will be able to…

everyone. Global overpopulation will have harmful effects on our planet, such as depletion of natural resources, harming of other species, and several other effects. As the world’s population…