Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is an environmental novel that aimed to encourage action against the use of pesticides. Pesticides are insect repellents‚ which are chemicals meant to only kill insects that hurt plants but damage the environment. Carson’s book has been praised for raising public awareness on pesticides. In fact‚ it has since then made the government ban several of them‚ like DDT. While others say that pesticides should be kept to protect crops from harmful insects‚ many say that the
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The message of the book was bringing awareness to balancing nature with mankind and understanding the harmful effects of using synthetic pesticides on the earth. Rachel Carson weaves this message throughout the book by utilizing powerful diction‚ for example‚ “Although modern man seldom remembers the fact‚ he could not exist without the plants that harness the sun’s energy and manufacture the basic foodstuffs he depends upon for life” (63). Carson empowers society by explaining the need for coexistence
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Most people would agree that Rachel Carson’s mother was a huge influence in her life but‚ investigation of her father Robert’s life indicates the positive impact that he had on his daughter as well. When her parents were first married‚ they lived with her mother’s mother as they had very little money. Robert was self-employed as a traveling insurance salesman with the Mercantile Company‚ a subsidiary of the Great American Insurance Company. He was not a farmer and had little interest in developing
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Personal Philosophy of Nursing Rachel Ann Driscoll Jacksonville University Before developing a personal philosophy of nursing‚ one must understand the definition of philosophy then a personal philosophy can be developed. “Philosophies of nursing are statements of beliefs about nursing and expressions of values in nursing that are used as bases for the thinking and acting. Most philosophies are built on a foundation of beliefs about people‚ environment‚ health and nursing” (Chitty and Black‚ 2010)
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collection of short stories Minimum of Two‚ Jerra and Rachel Nilsam are ordinary people who we may see on the street and the battles that they face are battles that we ourselves may fight. Relationships and financial stability provide a constant distraction and having a baby adds to the emotional burden. When faced with adversity it is the support and understanding that we receive from our family that helps us to survive and carry on. Jerra and Rachel Nilsam struggle to maintain loyalty to each other
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An Exposition on James Rachels: “Does Morality Depend on Religion?” James Rachels argues that morality and religion are separate entities. He states that “morality is a matter of reason and conscience‚ not religious faith” and that “right and wrong are not defined in terms of God’s will.”i He uses the Divine Command Theory‚ the Theory of Natural Law‚ and the use of religious scripture and tradition to establish how and where the two subjects are separated. Rachels believes that there is a
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In this text James Rachels makes the argument that both degrees of euthanasia are morally allowable and that the AMA policy that supports the doctrine is not sound. He establishes that the conventional doctrine is the belief that‚ in most cases‚ passive euthanasia is morally permitted but in all cases‚ active euthanasia is not allowed. There are four main arguments that help him come to this conclusion. The first two main arguments being that active euthanasia is a more humane alternative than passive
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Rachel Ross is bringing suit against Alpine High School and the Principal Nick Ruiz for violating her first amendment right‚ by barring her publication of an opinion article in the student-run newspaper. Rachel is a senior at Alpine High School who is maintaining a 4.0 GPA‚ is Vice President of the student body‚ part of the varsity swim team and debate team‚ and is a writer for the student-run newspaper. Rachel has never been the subject of any disciplinary action and is a regular attendee of the
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In chapter nine of the book “Problems from Philosophy”‚ by James Rachels‚ the author guides us through the topic over “The Debate over Free Will”. Throughout the chapter‚ we are informed what free will is‚ what it means to have free will‚ and if we actually have free will‚ the author provides us with arguments that help break down the argument on free will. These arguments consisted of the Determinist Argument‚ the Libertarian Response‚ the Compatibilist Response‚ and Ethics on free will. This chapter
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Darwin Species and morality James Rachels seeks to amplify the ideology between morality and Darwin’s moral treatment of organisms of different species. He says that Darwin advocated for treatment of both humans and non-humans equally without discrimination. This despite his continued use of non-humans for investigative research according to his son was the resultant effect of distaste for cruelty against animals as well as slavery. Rachels explains that Darwin’s theory of morality seems to interject
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