Overpopulation and its Relation to Environmental Damages

We have a crisis. The growth of the human population has peaked, which in turn contributes to a severe escalation of environmental and ecological concerns. However, the issue that I would like to address is not solely regarding environmental damages; my focus will be centered on the creation of a certain power that allows atrocities to nature to occur as the consequence of our ever expanding population. I am not concerned here, then, to explain what overpopulation is; instead, the focal points to this rhetoric are, environmental damages caused by corporations as a consequence of rising population. Keep in mind, for the sake of this essay, when I refer to overpopulation, I merely just mean rising population. I will begin by explaining how companies obtain their power through supplying the growing demand as a result of overpopulation. Then, I will illustrate few examples of environmental damages caused by corporations. Lastly, incorporating Ulrich Beck’s ideas on cosmopolitans and risk society, I will explain how corporations become too powerful and manipulate political decision-making process to their advantage. In brief, this essay offers insight as to how companies obtain their power, affect the environment, and alter political decision making: consequences of overpopulation.

John Perry's "Dialogue On Personal Identity and Immortality" Dilemma

     What is identity? Moreover, what constitutes having one? In John Perry’s, “Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality” the characters consider a case where a woman named Julia has her healthy brain transplanted into the body of another woman, Mary. A dilemma is then posed, who survives this operation? To be specific, whose identity survives? I will begin by defining identity in terms of subjectivity and objectivity. Then, I will explain why I have defined it in that certain way. Lastly, with the definition formed, I will use it to defend my argument; the survivor of the operation cannot be identified wholly as neither Julia nor Mary. Identity is a largely debated topic in the faculty of philosophy, and I present to you one angle of comprehension.