- Nov 2015
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www.scientificamerican.com www.scientificamerican.com
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Texas Christian University
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www.huffingtonpost.com www.huffingtonpost.com
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Climate change makes cascading threats even worse
I liked the alliteration used to further emphasize the point. "Climate change makes cascading..."
rvc190
Thesis: "We, as human beings, are responsible for global climate change; therefor we are morally obligated to change our ways."
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Martin O'Malley
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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The Pentagon has said that the effects of climate change act as "threat multipliers."
Logos The Pentagon has provided an argument that climate change indirectly multiplies the severity of other national security threats, such as poverty, environmental degradation, political instability, etc.
rvc190
Thesis: "We, as human beings, are responsible for global climate change; therefor we are morally obligated to change our ways."
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most focused on the Middle East or China
Most politicians believe that China and the Middle East are the biggest threats to our national security. Bernie Sanders chose to appeal to reason and provided scientific fact behind his reasoning.
rvc190
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All the Democratic candidates for president were asked during Tuesday's debate to list what they consider the biggest national security threat to the United States
Bernie Sanders views climate change as the leading national security threat to the US, and I agree. He argues we have a moral responsibility to do something about it. I plan to use information in this article on my paper to add Ethos to my speech.
rvc190
Thesis: "We, as human beings, are responsible for global climate change; therefor we are morally obligated to change our ways."
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- Oct 2015
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grantland.com grantland.com
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because you’re not the stranger — everyone else is.
I found this to be an effective point. Drake is an A-list celebrity. Nearly everybody knows who he is. Therefor he isn't a stranger to anybody. Yet nearly everyone is a stranger to him. The author is describing that Drake is just being himself in the video, being normal; and everyone criticizing him is being strange.
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www.global-greenhouse-warming.com www.global-greenhouse-warming.com
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The authors believe that the order of magnitude difference in the responsibility of the two extremes of the scale under both conceptions gives pause for thought as to what sorts of burdens can justly be imposed, particularly given the discrepancy between the affluence and wealth of the exponents at either end of the spectrum of responsibilities considered
In this closing statement, the author describes how it has yet to be determined the accountability/responsibility each country has under either end of the scale (% of influence on CC). He makes note that the countries in question also have very different amounts of wealth and affluence, which really does play a large role in moral responsibility for CC.
rvc190
"We, as human beings, are responsible for global climate change; therefor we are morally obligated to change our ways."
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As illustrated in the figure, the largest portion of strict historic responsibility has to be attributed to the US with 25.6%, followed by the EU15 (15.9%), OPEC (7.4%), Russia (7.3%), China (6.4%)
This information is eye opening. It shows just how significant the US contribution to global climate change is, (in comparison to other countries). The US is responsible for 25% of the problem of climate change, one fourth! I also found it pretty surprising that China is only responsible for 6.4%.
rvc190
"We, as human beings, are responsible for global climate change; therefor we are morally obligated to change our ways."
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but it would be considered odd to hold the mountain morally responsible, let alone wishing to punish it accordingly.
The author presents an example of a natural occurrence having a direct effect on the climate. I liked his use of humor joking that we don't hold mountains morally responsible for this seeing as mountains are not cognitive.
rvc190
"We, as human beings, are responsible for global climate change; therefor we are morally obligated to change our ways."
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anthropogenic
I had never seen this word before, defined "an adjective that describes changes in nature made by people"
rvc190
"We, as human beings, are responsible for global climate change; therefor we are morally obligated to change our ways."
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suite.io suite.io
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Appeasement emboldened Hitler and provided the German people with successes. The humiliation of Versailles was buried in a new, powerful nation. Hitler had made promises to them and followed through with tangible results. All of this might have been avoided had Britain, France, and even Russia taken a firmer line with Hitler.
Thesis: "Superiority of one person over another is inhumane and immoral."
History means nothing unless we learn from it, and shall we not we are doomed to repeat it. That is why I feel so strongly that the superiority complex is such a serious issue. It was the mentality behind Nazi Germany, and had it been dealt with when it first arose, WWII may have been avoided entirely.
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