Explain the strategies that Garrett Hardin uses to develop his ideas in "Lifeboat Ethics" and describe how these strategies contribute his overall point. Be sure to describe at least two specific portions of the text that show two specific strategies Hardin uses and show how these contribute to his argument. (10 points) Answer. The strategies that Garrett Hardin used was logos because he included lots of facts on the lifeboat and ethos because he established the credibility and asked rhetorical questions to the audiences. When he said something about the boat asking the audience are they willing to use the boat because using the lifeboat was dangerous because of the water levels in the Glen canyon. 2. In her "Speech After Being Convicted of Voting," Susan B. Anthony argues that though she voted in a presidential election during a …show more content…
In "An Indian Father's Plea," Medicine Grizzlybear Lake makes an argument against his son's teacher's claim that Wind Wolf is "'a slow learner'". Determine what his argument is and then explain how he fails to build a strong argument. Be sure to describe at least three examples from the text that do not strongly support his argument. Use specific details from the text within your essay. (30 points) Answer. Well his argument is that the teacher placed his son wolf as a slow learner now his dad got mad about this and he thinks the reason why his son was placed as a slow learner was probably because they are not american they are indian so his dad explains to the teacher that his son learned from our tribe he knows math and he has skills but just because he did not learn the way other kids did that does not mean that his son is a slow learner. What his dad does wrong is that he says the exact same thing when meeting the teacher instead of saying something different like he sends a letter if I were him I would tell the teacher to make a meeting and bring my son and we can talk this through but not saying the same thing
In Garrett Hardin’s “ Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor,” Hardin argues that we should not aid the poor because there is only a limited amount of resources available, and it can become a threat to everyone if the population growth of the poor keeps increasing and if our limited resources keep decreasing. Hardin cleverly uses a lifeboat metaphor to set up his argument by putting the reader into a life or death situation. He places the rich people inside of the boat which only has a limited amount of space and the poor are placed outside of the lifeboat stranded in the water. Hardin convinces readers that the only way for survival is if the rich let the poor suffer. However, in Alan Durning’s “Asking How Much Is Enough,” Durning states that the real reason why our resources keep dwindling is because the rich are carelessly over consuming them. Unlike Hardin, Durning includes three world classes the rich, the middle, and the poor. Durning brings in the middle class which gives the reader a more realistic picture to realize that the overconsumption of the rich is just making the poor, poorer. Hardin fails to even mention the middle class or overconsumption because he only wants the reader to focus on the overpopulation of the poor. Durning exposes Hardin’s rhetoric by stating that the rich are the ones who are carelessly over consuming their own resources and how Hardin falsely demonizes the poor by making it easier to blame them for abusing our limited resources.
The essay titled "Lifeboat Ethics: the Case against Helping the Poor" by Garrett Hardin, was very interesting. The first part of the essay used a metaphor of the rich people of the earth in a lifeboat and the poor people in the sea drowning. The rich people could only allow a few people in and if they let, too many people in they will sink the boat and all die. The best thing for the rich people to do is not to let anyone in so they will have adequate supplies and space for them to survive.
In Medicine Grizzlybear Lake’s argument, “An Indian Father’s Plea,” he is making a disagreement against his son’s teacher’s claim. The teacher has labeled Wind Wolf “a slow learner,” and Lake’s argument against that is saying that his son has been taught different ways. Lake’s argument explains how Wind Wolf was brought up in a different culture and has learned in different ways.
My father was a billionaire; however, in 2009 he was diagnosed with cancer and in 2011 he passed away. He left behind substantial amount of money and being the only son I inherited a huge amount of my father's estate. I wasn’t that smart when it came to spending the money, I didn’t have a plan for the future, I didn’t think about my university fees or my daily needs. I would buy anything I felt like buying , I remember I had only fifty thousand dollars left and instead of saving them I bought thirty thousand dollar Rolex watch that caught my eye. In 2013 I completely ran out of money, it was a huge transition. I had to move out of our house, I couldn't afford
I am tired of the United States of America giving my money to the poor
One of the most pressing matters the world is facing today is the problem of poverty. There are many things that should be done about poverty, yet much of the world is split, on one side people wanting to help and on the other side people not knowing how to go about it. In Garrett Hardin’s “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor,” Hardin present this case to us using the lifeboat as an analogy for nations on earth. Hardin asserts that all nations on earth are viewed as a series of lifeboats adrift at sea. Each lifeboat has a Foreign limited carrying capacity and limited resources. The richer lifeboats have more capacity, more resources, are better managed, and are self-sufficient. Whereas the poorer lifeboats are overcrowded, and their resources are overburdened, so much so that passengers are abandoning poor lifeboats in hopes of being rescued by the richer lifeboats or at least to be aided threw handouts. With limited resources, and very little capacity, what are the passengers on the rich lifeboats to do? Morally, the just thing to do would come to the aid of the passengers in the water and allow them to board the
Commanders are given their positions because they have demonstrated their ability to execute sound judgment. Judgment is the key factor when committing to actions that could be either favorable or disastrous, or anything in between. Moral decision making, however, takes more than sound judgment when complex problems with undiscernible outcomes arise. When developing leaders to understand decision making in high-stress or combat situations, a thorough understanding of moral judgment is warranted. Case studies provide leaders with valuable tools to stimulate thinking and challenge subordinates. When evaluating the decision the commander of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has to make, understanding the difference between moral dilemmas and
Hardin first appeals to pathos when he mentions, “…each nation can be seen as a lifeboat full of comparatively rich people. In the ocean outside each lifeboat swim the poor of the world, who would like to get in..?” Hardin expects the reader to emotionally sympathize with the poor since they are at a disadvantage of not being able to live within the luxuries of being on the boat. This then leaves the reader to believe that all poor people should be given the opportunity to be on the boat, since we are all human, we are all deserving of the right to equally share all
Garrett Hardin presents several ideals on saving the poor through the lifeboat metaphor although he fails to explain himself through a few of the ideas. The lifeboat metaphor states that there are fifty people in a lifeboat and there is room for ten others. Those in the lifeboat are rich, those in the water are the poor. Which ethics are they going to use to save those in the water?
Both Anthony and Station shared a goal to end the discrimination between men and women. The both founded the American Equal Rights Associations, Station and Anthony both campaigned to get the women’s suffrage the right to vote. The Association split, in 1869. Anthony worked day and night for women rights. Anthony and fifteen others, including three of sisters, registered to vote. All sixteen of them got arrested. of these, Susan B. Anthony was the only women to go to court. Many famous feminist at the time, wanted the case to go to the supreme court. Anthony refused to post bail, but her lawyer convinced her anyway. she as later convicted and found guilty, Anthony refused to her court fees because she had been denied the right to defend herself to the court and the jury. Rather than going to jail for not paying court fees, Anthony was instead denied an appeal. after this situation took place, she spent 33 years, going before congress and the whole nation to get support for the women’s suffrage
One issue that we discussed in “Lifeboat Ethics” and in “A Modest Proposal” is whether or not the rich should help the poor and if the poor can contribute anything to society. Garrett Hardin and Jonathan Swift have different views on whether or not people should help the impecunious. Hardin, who has only been rich and never been poor, believes the starving don’t deserve help because it’s their fault that they are poor and that they are a waste rather than view them as assets. Swift, who has been rich and poor, believes that the poor can be salvageable and that the poor have a better chance at improving themselves.
“Speech after Being Convicted of Voting in the 1872 Presidential Election”, she discusses women's suffrage and converses over the fact that she had a right to vote and did not violate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Anthony’s purpose in writing the speech was to persuade the audience that she did not commit a crime in order to show that women deserve equality. Expressions of fierce diction that Anthony manipulates throughout the text are “whole people”, “union”, and “posterity” (Anthony). She exercises concise and strong diction, which supports her ethos, unites her audience, and shows that she is educated just as well as any man. If she is well educated just like the men in her time, then why do women not have the right to vote and not have equality?
Anthony decided to vote. At the time it was 1872 and women were prohibited from voting; when she voted she was jailed. This was a famous act of civil disobedience that would later lead to women gaining the right to vote and numerous other rights. In the speech “Speech after Being Convicted of Voting” it is argued that women should have the right to vote because of the constitution. She argued that women were people and since they were people should have inalienable rights like men. She also argued that women should have the right to vote because every person in America is supposed to have liberty and freedom. In the speech it is stated “Friends and fellow citizens: I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus doing, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any State to deny. Our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to a voice and a vote in making and executing the laws.”(Speech After Being Convicted Of Voting). This relates to the Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” because she practiced civil disobedience to protest an unjust law that she did not believe in. It also relates to “Civil Disobedience” because her protest was peaceful and because her protest led to change in American law. Women were allowed to vote because of this act of civil disobedience; that led to many women and men asking for women to have equal
One of the most important issues facing the world today is helping people in poverty and refugees. This issue is prevalent on a global scale, (add something about how this is a big issue in Hawaii). Is it ethical for Hawaii to share its limited resources to help Syrian refugees given the issue of homelessness? I believe that Hawaii should take in Syrian refugees. However, I believe the state needs to deal with the homelessness issue first. Rich nations may have limited resources, but they can still share some of their space and food with other nations when they are in need of help. This is where Garrett Hardin and his work, “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor,” enters the scene. Throughout Hardin’s work, he lays out the premise of how each nation is similar to a lifeboat.
Garrett Hardin puts forward an argument against helping the poor from the essay “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor”. He argues that helping the poor cannot decrease population. As we all know, despite efforts made by politicians and other leaders, problems are still affecting the poor in almost all countries around the world. In Hardin’s view, many of the richer countries are seen as which is only capable of carrying so many people. People in poorer countries are “in the water” and want to get into the lifeboat which represents the rich countries. By letting more people on the lifeboat than the boat can handle will drown everyone. Hardin believes that stopping or regulating immigration that it would help feed