Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution Charles Darwin is widely known as the father of evolutionary biology. It is believed that no one has influenced our knowledge of life on Earth as much as he has. His theory of evolution by natural selection‚ which has unified the theories of the life sciences‚ explained where all the diverse living things came from and how they have been able to adapt to their specific environments. His theory reconciled a wide range of evidence to make sense of the
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NATURAL VEGETATION Natural vegetation refers to a plant community which has grown naturally without human aid and has been left undisturbed by humans for a long time. This is termed as virgin vegetation. Thus‚ cultivated crops and fruits‚ orchards form part of vegetation but not natural vegetation. Virgin vegetation -The virgin vegetation‚ which are purely Indian are known as endemic or indigenous species but those which have come from outside India are termed as exotic plants. Flora- The term
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Natural Law | Strengths | Weaknesses | Rational – Natural Law uses practical reason‚ it is a common-sense approach. | Too simplistic - Humans do not have a single ‘fixed’ human nature. | God - Doesn’t require belief in God‚ as it is based on empirical observations of our nature. | God - Requires belief in God‚ as it relies on a God-given purpose | Objective – Natural Law gives us rules that are true independently of our individual thoughts and desires. | Outcomes - Leads to immoral outcomes
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ENVIRONMENT Environment means all of the outside forces‚ events and things that act on a thing. A person’s environment is made up of everything that surrounds him or her‚ including houses‚ buildings‚ people‚ animals‚ lands‚ temperature‚ water‚ light and other living & non-living things. The environment does remain same at all times. It changes always due to ever-on-going interactions between various elements comprising it. The word environment is used to talk about
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Natural and legal rights are two types of rights[->0] theoretically distinct according to philosophers[->1] and political scientists[->2]. Natural rights are rights not contingent upon the laws‚ customs‚ or beliefs of any particular culture or government‚ and therefore universal and inalienable. In contrast‚ legal rights are those bestowed onto a person by a given legal system[->3]. The theory of natural law[->4] is closely related to the theory of natural rights. During the Age of Enlightenment[->5]
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NATURAL LAW ROBERT P. GEORGE* Oliver Wendell Holmes‚ the legal philosopher and judge whom Richard Posner has‚ with admiration‚ dubbed “the American Nietzsche‚”1 established in the minds of many people a certain image of what natural law theories are theories of‚ and a certain set of reasons for supposing that such theories are misguided and even ridiculous. While I have my own reasons for admiring some of Holmes’s work—despite‚ rather than because of‚ the Nietzscheanism that endears him
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Natural resources are useful materials or substances that exist in the environment like land‚ water‚ sun‚ trees‚ oil‚ minerals‚ etc. Natural resources are generally classified as renewable resources and non-renewable resources. Resource depletion means exhaustion of natural resources in a certain region. When the rate of consumption of these resources exceeds the rate at which they are restored‚ depletion of resources occurs. The utilization of natural resources has increased considerably due to
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essay outline and give me your valuable comments. I hope you would spare couple of minutes from THE busy hour :-) Topic:Pakistan is rich in natural resources but very poor in their management. Outline: 1.Introduction 2.Overview of natural resources and mismanagement 3.Current scenario in Pakistan 4.Natural resources of Pakistan • Water • Natural gas • Oil • Coal • Minerals • Precious and ornamental stones • Chemicals 5.Related problems due to mismanagement and its: • Social
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Describe the approach of the Natural Law theory to moral decision making Natural law is an absolute and deontological ethic which alligns itself to teleological aspects of morality. Cicero stated that ‘True law is right reason in accordance with nature.’ which is his definition of what is good‚ essentially linking it to the views of natural law. According to natural law‚ all humans know what is right and wrong as it is in their nature. Therefore‚ right and wrong do not need to be taught as
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The Four forces of Evolution Evolution is divided into two categories macroevolution and microevolution; macroevolution focuses on the formation of a new species‚ while microevolution focuses on the change in allele frequencies in a population (47). The process of evolution has four forces‚ mutation‚ gene flow‚ genetic drift‚ and natural selection. Evolution is caused by the isolation of populations which leads to variation and eventually speciation. A population is a group of individuals within
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