Kwame Anthony Appiah in his essay titled “The Case for Contamination” talks about three interrelated issues‚ globalization‚ cultural diversity‚ and ethical consideration. Within all this‚ there are two roles religion plays. The roles that those in favor of globalization claim and the roles against globalization claim. Religion is a double-edged sword when it comes to the role it plays in the issues at hand. On one side of the coin religion can be used positively in globalization to protect
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After reading the article “The Case for Contamination” by Kwame Anthony Appiah I realized that theres a lot going on out there in all these different countries. His major focus was on how all these different religious views play a major role in these cultures. He also goes more in depth on two major groups “The Cosmopolitans and The Universalist”‚ and even gives us his point of view on what he agrees on. Religion played an important role in each of the communities he spoke about. The one that
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transformation of the cultural type. Some old and more experienced people may claim that this kind of change is somewhat disrespectful to the convention‚ but the truth is a large number of cultures are formed by innovation. According to The Case for Contamination‚
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Aracely Arzola Contaminations We were only gifted with one Earth so it’s up to us to take care of it and make sure environment remains beautiful and full of life. Contamination is a big threat that Earth faces today because it pollutes our environment and destroys it little by little. All the waste‚ smoke and trash have to come to an end because they pose a menace to the purity of our ecosystem. We find all that we need for life from water to plants and air in our environment. Nowadays‚ our
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pending threat to the business operations of the restaurant‚ and becomes very insightful by observing and theorizing a possible correlation between the decline of sales of the restaurant’s beef products and the increase of reporting of E. Coli contamination at local grocery stores. It will be imperative for the ownership to take up on this research proposal‚ because if the findings result in the fact that there is a possible correlation between the reports and the decline in sales‚ the ownership will
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David Appiah grew up comfortably with his three brothers under the watchful eye of his mother‚ a nurse. She taught her sons the value of charity and personal sacrifice. A lesson David can’t seem to lose sight of. David’s education took him on a criss cross course of the country up till after his tertiary education. After seeing most of Ghana‚ David pitched camp in the UK as he sought to broaden his mind. He soon realized that people need help everywhere; he saw images of pain and suffering that
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Amber Reichel Appiah Rough Draft 9/6/11 Cosmopolitism is a set of moral standards for living in a global world. What will really bring the people of the world together is what Appiah calls the "Primacy of Practice." If you are exposed to a new thing long enough‚ it becomes natural. In the “The Primacy of Practice”‚ Appiah talks a lot about how values can be recognized and accepted‚ without having to have to agree with the explanations for why people believe those values. Practice can make one
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Shantelle Johnson April 8‚ 2012 H4 Introduction When food is unsafe for consumption is called food contamination. Food contamination occurs when foods are spoiled because they might contain microorganisms‚ such as bacteria ‚ parasites‚ or toxic substances that make them unsafe for consumption.Bacteria and parasites on uncooked food can linger on the food if not handle or cooked properly. Food contamination is serious because it results in diseases that affect appromiaxally seventy-six million people
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The Center for Disease control has estimated that illnesses directly resulting from food contamination cause approximately 76 million illnesses‚ 325‚000 hospitalizations‚ and 5‚000 deaths each year in the United States. The rise of food-related illnesses can be mostly attributed to increased eating out. Half of every dollar spent on food in this country is spend on food prepared outside of the home. As the amount of people involved preparing our food rises‚ so does the risk of contracting an illness
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Cross-contamination from endoscopes to patients are a noted problem throughout endoscopy units across the country. The media has reported exposure to harmful bacteria and viruses following endoscopic procedures from inadequately cleaned scopes‚ the efficacy of high level disinfectants used in reprocessors and the design of the scopes. Legislatures are now questioning the types of infection control programs within endoscopy units and whether qualified personnel are being hired as endoscope technicians
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