Mcmahan's Synthesis

In the Article “Fear” by Marilynn Robinson, Robinson concludes that the cause of fear in many citizens deals partly with the second amendment meaning the right to carry and bear arms. Being said that, Robinson Attempts to convince the reader that the possession of weapons should be abolished due to the violence in The United States. People all around are facing violence, not necessarily due to weapons, but due to the fact that they cannot have the sort of self-protection. American citizens should be in favor of the second amendment because it keeps them safe when they carry weapons as a form of protection.

When starting my journey in the beginning of the semester, I never thought of the important connections of reading and writing. I never knew how authors use different techniques and strategies in their writing and how they use it to connect to their readers. I also never considered how helpful reading an author’s writing can be to improving my own personal writing. During my journey, I have learned the importance of reading like a writer. I have learned to include the best attributes of what I have been reading into my own writing. I learned to become an existentialist and intrapersonal learner who builds their self-esteem and who looks for more opportunities to improve themselves. I have also learned how the text in writing can affect the reader’s opinions and thoughts and

Nuclear weapons have only ever been used once in human history, and that was during World War II when The United States deployed missiles on Japanese territory, in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. At the time of bombing in 1945 only the USA had developed nuclear weapons, whilst today the pool of states consisting of nuclear weapons is still extremely small, with only nine states laying claim to nuclear technology and weaponry. This nuclear proliferation is explained by Darryl Howlett who explains this as the worldwide spread of nuclear weapons. For Howlett states are nuclear driven because of the ‘strategic, political and prestige benefits’ attached to nuclear weapons[1]. In the

McMahan states that if gun ownership had the robust deterrent effects that supporters claim, we should expect the United States to have less crime than other developed societies, but he cites that the per capita homicide rates in the United States are higher than homicide rates in other Western countries. McMahan proposes that guns and their regulation will not be comparable to the attempted regulation of alcohol and drugs in the United States. He positions the use or desire to use alcohol and drugs does not depend on others, it is an internal desire. Contrarily, the desire to own a gun was positioned as being dependent on the actions of others. Despite all of this McMahan himself admits that a law prohibiting gun ownership could not be enforced with complete effectiveness, leaving the unarmed at the mercy of criminals who will always be armed. This results in the argument of self-defense and according to McMahan, the right of self-defense is derived from a more fundamental right, which he fails to elaborate on by instead stating that he believes the gun prohibition he proposes would eliminate only one effective means of self-defense.

Two main theorists of international relations, Kenneth Waltz and Scott Sagan have been debating on the issue of nuclear weapons and the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the 21st century. In their book The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: An Enduring Debate, they both discuss their various theories, assumptions and beliefs on nuclear proliferation and nuclear weapons. To examine why states would want to attain/develop a nuclear weapon and if increasing nuclear states is a good or bad thing. In my paper, I will discuss both of their theories and use a case study to illustrate which theory I agree with and then come up with possible solutions of preventing a nuclear war from occurring.

Equally, gun control also limits strategies for people to promote self-defense. Arguably, guns and/or firearms can be a good instrument in creating protection. Here, people find ways to escape trouble because they have the necessary means to create apprehension from people. Related to this, the citizenry would also have a means to respond to threats by criminals. However, by creating gun control, the restrictions bring forward limitations for safety and protection. In essence, the advancement of gun control allows people to feel powerless in facing threats or create insecurity in the environment because they don’t have the necessary means to assure or protect their life.

Waltz argues that nuclear weapons keep the world secure, as states would not take the

I have many reasons on why the United States of America should maintain Nuclear Weapons. Out of these many reason there will be three for this paper. The world is in grave danger by Nuclear Weapons, so it needs to be explained what could happen and more.

In this essay, I will argue against Ayn Rand’s argument in The Fountainhead and against the idea of normative egoism. Rand is mistaken in her claim that people should be self-interested. Self-interest is the “default,” but not the only root of all human action. Although it is innate, it is not right and has adverse effects on morality and on society. Proponents of psychological egoism claim that altruism is an impossibility. Rand claims that altruism is misled and destructive. These are both false claims. Altruism is neither impossible nor wrong, but it is hard because of our instinct to put ourselves first.

In today’s world, the way a nation reigns superior above all other nations can be traced back to their nuclear stockpile. The possession of nuclear arms has become a notable problem amongst global powers and small, undeveloped nations because of the potential arms race that could ignite, raising significant concern in national security. Furthermore, countless arguments have been made by researchers suggesting that the injection and possession of nuclear weapons has had a beneficial impact on the nature of society because it keeps nations from challenging one another. One of these arguments being the Nuclear deterrence theory which “constitutes a potent argument in favor of maintaining existing nuclear arsenals (that is, deterrence contributing

Main articles: Nuclear weapons and the United States and United States and weapons of mass destruction

The third harmful result of nuclear weapons is that the huge amount of expenditure on nuclear weapons prevents some fundamental problems from solving, and hamper some basic services from offering. Countless fundamental and crucial problems and services, like health care, education, famine and so forth, are waiting to be solved and provided. The article “Spending on Nuclear Weapons” states that “as hundreds of millions of people across the globe go hungry, the nuclear-armed nations spend close to US$300 million a day on their nuclear forces. More specifically for the U.S., $105 billion annually– or $12 million an hour.” (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, 2017) Being costly is not one of nuclear weapons’ drawbacks. But, rendering

Diplomatic efforts have failed to freeze these nuclear development efforts. These programs pose a threat to international security. They also have the potential to ignite regional nuclear arms races as neighboring countries seek to safeguard themselves. What many scholars and theorists of International Security lack is empirical evidence to such questions: Of what significance are Rogue States to International Security? Do Rogue States constitute serious threat to International Security?

There has been more than 1452 executions in America alone. The total number of Death Row inmates as of July 1, 2016 is 2,905. (Dunham) So many criminals are sentenced to death for murder, kidnapping with bodily injury or ransom, aircraft hijacking and a few other reasons. When someone gets sentenced to death, they are placed in a maximum security prison and placed into the “Death Row” division. There is so much that people don’t know about the death penalty. Most Americans argued that the death penalty was unconstitutional and a type of cruel and unusual punishment. The death penalty has caused many problems for the government from different protests, rallies and other crimes being committed to stop it.

Nuclear weapons have been a point of contention ever since their discovery. At the turn of the century however, as developing country’s in the semi-periphery, such as India, began pursuing these nuclear weapons for their own national security, and the countries in the core have focused efforts toward nuclear nonproliferation agreements while they maintain nuclear power. From a world system theory approach, these countries in the core were attempting to maintain economic regional control over nuclear have-nots, justifying on the basis of what we now know to be the unfounded fear of international nuclear conflict. India’s decision to go through with nuclear testing was motivated by a growing domestically political desire for international influence along with being a response to a discriminatory disarmament agreement which conceded privilege to nuclear-haves, failing to reduce or eliminate stockpiles of nuclear weapons in these states along with neglecting to establish security for the nuclear-have-nots.