Quinn On Taker Culture

To the Takers point of view, the world before them seemed to be chaotic, messy, and in need of some straightening out. The basic premise of the Takers philosophy is that man is in conflict with nature, and this position at the apex of evolution can only be maintained by completely and totally conquering the world. An example of this is when Ishmael explains, “We’re destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with it” (Quinn 130). The Takers that the natural law does not apply to man and his science and technology offer protection from the hunger, sickness, and certain death, in which all other species in the wild suffer from. Therefore man is free to act with malice toward the world without any consequences from these actions in which he does.

The apparent success of the Taker culture is merely an illusion, according to Quinn. Until humanity stops insisting on taking part in a story contrary to the natural and unbreakable laws of nature, we are destined to see civilization crash down upon us; the plot will invariably end in disaster.

Human beings are destroying the world. It's a fact we all know. Pollution is abundant, we chop down rain forests, we kill our own kind, we steal, lie, and cheat, and the list could go on and on. Daniel Quinn believes that this destruction comes from something more extreme than just the notion to survive. In his novel, Ishmael, Quinn believes that the problems facing humanity are do to man's knowledge of good and evil.

In class, we have discussed that there is a constant battle of protecting the environment, but also wanting

I think the quote “ Obviously Mother Culture must be finished off if you're going to survive, and that's something the people of your culture can do. She has no existence outside your minds. Once you stop listening to her, she ceases to exist.” (144) really emphasizes Quinn's message because its says that people can stop being ignorant and realize whats happening to our world. Also, the quote “Within your culture as a whole, there is in fact no significant thrust toward global population control. The point to see is that there will be such a thrust so long as you're enacting a story that says the gods made the world for man.” (137) helps define Quinn's message by telling readers that if they don't except the fact that the world was made solely for them, they will have no control over what happens to the world. These quotes important to Quinn's ideas because it could help change the minds of readers and help educate them. Quinn is trying to let the reader know that if their ways do not change and they don't realize they are always right there will be

In the Air Unit, we learned the importance of preserving not only our trees and nature but also protecting our environment as a whole from Air, Noise, and light pollution. In one of the first activities we did in class, we watched The Lorax(2012). At first the movie based on the original Dr. Seuss book, seems like just a normal movie for kids. But after analyising it in class, we understood the deep connections it had to conservation movements. How each of the characters connects a role player in the conservation movement in the 20th century. We took a look at what our country would look like without trees and how we are letting corporations dictate how things go in the world. Throughout the entire movie it is never said “stop cutting down trees”, so it is not necessarily pitting our resources versus companies which is sacrificing our nations economy. It is merely suggesting that we tone it down, and be more productive and use the resources like they contain more value. Another activity that pointed out the worlds pollution problem was the Dirtiest Countries Card Game, it exploited our perspectives on the world’s leading polluters. We also researched these countries to see why maybe they had so much pollution. For instance, China has taken little to no efforts to recycle their large amounts of waste and work on their industrial waste. A lesser known pollution is light pollution, a consequence of outdoor lighting and includes such effects

In Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Braungart, the two authors take into great detail by explaining the “cradle-to-grave” manufacturing system. The system explains every step of a product’s life from the creation to the disposal of the product. It is important to learn about this system because in order for a company to track and take responsibility of their hazardous waste . The system itself explained where products are created and the mass production goes into this system without enough consideration to human health and the environment. McDonough and Braungart promote for a new framework where companies take into consideration on every step of a product’s lifestyle. In the authors’ observations that human industry should co-exist with nature by designing products that are in a way non-toxic, biodegradable, or recyclable without loss of material quality. With this in mind, a common type of consumer product such as a plastic bottle that could be redesigned to be healthier for humans, environmental friendly, and create less pollution towards our planet. The two ways that plastic bottles can become more “intelligently designed” is by changing how plastic bottles are manufactured in these industries and removing chemical ingredients that are harmful to human and environmental health.

“Ethics is the study of the choices people make regarding right and wrong” (Ruggiero, 2008). Environmental ethics, it is more of a study about moral relationships of human beings to, and also the value and moral status of, the environment and its nonhuman contents. Humans have been sharing our lives with nature for many of years; we have to make many ethical decisions with respect to the environment everyday. We have been concentrating on finding ways and ideas to make our lives easier. Over time we have forgotten to take in the immoral consideration of what we might be doing to our environment itself. In the past, future and even

The economy today runs on an antiquated ritual of exploiting, plundering, devastation, and manipulation of land for material wealth, profiting the wealthy and condemning the poor. This mindset is no more sophisticated than feudalism, a system so bad it had to be outlawed along with witchcraft. The idea that exploitation of land is justified has brought plastics to the ocean and leveled rainforests. Large corporations have grown larger by manufacturing and production, depleting the planet’s resources in the process. Now, companies must make a combined effort to put the environment first, before profit. Because of their harmful practices, consumers have the right to know where products come from, how they’re made, and the impact on the environment. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the large corporations to change their harmful practices, to make strides towards ending climate change and use clean, sustainable methods.

Ethical implications of pollution created by businesses in the third world countries are grave. From ecology destruction and environmental abuse to issues such as deterioration of water and air quality, the business ethics principles based on stakeholder theory of ethics apply on environmental issues as well. The MNCs establish business operations in third world countries to reduce their cost of doing business and earn greater profits. This shall not be achieved at the cost citizens of host countries. The host country population shall also have a 'moral right' to live in a clean environment where health and safety hazards from environmental deterioration are prevented by their governments. The wealthier nations only have the responsibility to ensure that the MNCs that establish manufacturing operations abroad comply with a self-regulated environmental protection standard as is adopted by the companies in their host countries. Primary responsibility of pollution control lies on governments of third world countries. A corporate body of pollution control under the guidance of UN named as Pollution Control Authority (PCA) shall be formed.

Environmental issues have been a cause of a lot of debate in the recent past. Governments and nongovernmental organizations have been in constant consultations on how to help protect the environment. Apparently, as a result of man’s many actions, the natural environment is getting torn apart so quickly that the coming generations will not enjoy this kind of environment, unless a

Ethics is the study of what is right and wrong in human conduct. Environmental ethics studies the effects of human’s moral relationships on the environment and everything within it (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2008). The ethical principles that govern those relations determine human duties, obligations, and responsibilities with regard to the Earth’s natural environment and all of the animals and plants that inhabit it (Taylor, 1989). The purpose of this paper is to reveal environmental issues that are threatening the existence of life on Earth, and discus our social obligations to refrain from further damaging our environment, health and life for future generations. I will discus the need for appropriate actions and the ethical

the world’s environment as a threat, but as another opportunity and soon implemented a responsible

Many industries wriggle out of environmental responsibility and manage to bypass laws regulated by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and national pollution control board as a direct result of inefficient policies and poor enforcement. Previously in some cases the fines of breaking the environmental laws were so low it was cheaper to violate environmental limits than install pollution-reducing equipment. Moreover, the public education and awareness of environmental pollution and its effect is insufficient. In modern times, hundreds of factories are being built that don’t use the treatment plants and recycling methods. When an entrepreneur establishes a new industry, their only concern is the product and profit which makes it almost

The world we live in is facing many adverse challenges harming its environment. The environment faces destruction such as pollution caused to carbon emissions caused by fossil fuels and greenhouse gasses, waste, and a host of other pollutants caused by various other human activities. With an ever-growing population, consumer demand is higher than ever, and as consumer demand increases, harmful environmental consequences arise. The world is at a current situation where the ecology of the planet is not coping with all the environment destructions and this paper focuses on the pollution caused due to enormous, continuously increasing, consumer demand. This excessive demand for consumer products has created most of the present ecological imbalances. Consumer products go through a multitude of steps that are required for them to turn into the final product we see in our everyday life. This push towards consumerism entails a push to an exponential increase in the practices that lead to the creation of the pollutants that are contributing to global warming in such adverse ways. These shortcomings will become a much bigger issue than most people imagine it to be. The disparities or imbalances have already caused environmental problems in various regions of the world, and much more are expected to follow.