With the emergence of the modern era, a new problem has arisen to challenge every person from each nation on the globe. One nation in particular has had much more difficulty with this issue than others. India is currently facing the dilemma of how to control its population in order to preserve order in its country. This has never been much of a problem throughout history, as nations usually went to war, suffered a famine or some other disaster occurred to fix any problem that it might face with population. This held true for India until after World War II, when the country’s population exploded. In this age of ethics and non-violence, this situation poses a particularly interesting dilemma for the people of India, and subsequently everyone …show more content…
The reasons why Britain did this came from famines that kept striking India, and as an extension of the Empire, Britain felt compelled to help the inhabitants of the colony. Moreover, studies were conducted by British officials on the census data and, according to Sarah Hodges, came to a conclusion that “…colonial concern with famine and population was loosely based on a Malthusian model. In this scheme, population operated in a system of natural checks and balances (e.g. a high death rate during famine and a high, post-famine birth rate).” For those who have not heard of Malthus, he was an English economist who proposed that population had a limit and that the restrictions placed upon the population were directly correlated with how many resources the population controlled and consumed. To put it in Malthus’s own words: “…the power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio.” This assertion by Malthus states that there is no way that man harvest enough from the earth in order to keep pace with the demands of the population. In short, there will come a time when the population will overshoot the natural limit, at which time nature will check the population. This will cause the population to decrease at or below the limit and plateau for a time. Therefore, Hodges’s conclusion stands that the British Empire would have seen the deaths from the famines as a way for nature to check the Indian population. Likewise, the British officials would view the scenario of a high birth rate after the famine as a natural consequence from the loss of life during the famine. This cycle of checks and balances was
In the essay “Population, Delusion and Reality,” Amartya Sen discusses two opposing approaches to population control. These two approaches are “collaboration” and “override” The collaboration approach calls for a voluntary choice as well as a collaborative solution to controlling the population growth. The collaborative approach relies on more choices for men and women, a more educated and rational decision on the part of both men and women, and an open arena for a more extensive discussion on such subjects. These men and women are able to make such rational decisions based on the opportunity to be more educated and with a sense of self-confidence when presented with the ability to do so by having public policies such as family planning, health care, bigger and better education facilities and a sense of economic well being. Our ability to solve problems by making rational and educated decisions seems like a better alternative than to forcing a resolution. The “override” approach works by means of legal or economic coercion, such as the means that China forces with their “one child policy.” With this approach, the government may deny individuals of job opportunities or deny housing. These people are left with no other choice but to follow along with what the government would want them to do.
The worldwide population is approaching 7 billion and is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050 (Baird). This projected population number is down from a once predicted 16 billion (Baird) and while some are not concerned, others are worried about any increase in population. Population growth is discussed in the articles “Too Many People?” by Vanessa Baird; “Population Control: How Can There Possibly Be Too Many of Us?” by Frank Furedi; and “The Population Bomb Revisited,” by Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich. Baird and Furedi concur that a concern for population growth has been around since mathematician Thomas Malthus, in 1798, warned that overpopulation could lead to “the collapse of society” (Furedi). Furedi claims that too much human life is being used as an excuse, by population control supporters, for the world’s current and future problems. Baird tries to discover if “the current panic over population growth is reasonable.” For Ehrlich and Ehrlich the concern over population growth is very real, and they reinforce and support their book “calling attention to the demographic element in the human predicament” (Ehrlich and Ehrlich 63). While taking different approaches to their articles, the authors offer their perspectives on population growth, population control and the environmental impacts of a growing population.
The first country to adopt a population control policy was India, though that did not stop the country from passing the 1 billion mark. In 1952, 6.5 million rupees were made available to conduct studies in fertility and family planning (Samuel, 54). For the first five years (1952-1956), the Indian Government was not sure what to do with the information and the population continued to grow at a rate of two per cent per year. After 1962, the Indian Government decided to limit the size of families, yet did not have to put effort into persuading the people to favor the idea. However, the people lacked a serious motivation to limit their procreation (Samuel, 56). India's population continued to grow. Contraceptives were also introduced, yet even after the education of the people, they went unused. The women were not given a choice when it came to reproduction. The men did not want to use the contraceptives, and they could not be forced by their partners. It was said that without an improved standard of living and improved education, ...
Edward Abbey once said, “A crowded society is a restrictive society; an overcrowded society becomes an authoritarian, repressive, and murderous society (Goodreads).” Overpopulation has constantly been a controversy in regards to the well being of the Earth. Overpopulation can lead towards environmental issues, mass extinction, promotion of global warming and more. How can overpopulation be stopped with the constant cycle of life and death occurring every second? The authors of both “Welcome to the Monkey House” and “The Lottery” display methods to control overpopulation in their societies with the use of birth control pills, suicide parlors, and lotteries, while present-day countries develop methods of their own for population control.
The population of the world is nearing eight billion people. The population is taking over the world, and the food is diminishing. The population is growing too large for the planet to sustain. There must be rules about the growth of the population if the human race is to survive and grow together. If the race that is humanity wishes to survive, population control must be in effect.
Summary: This article is about Sir David’s stance on population control. He claims that it is a “huge area of concern” and that the world will be disastrous if no one does anything to help control the issue. He discusses the severity, solutions, and sensitivities of population control. Sir David says that if no one attempts to solve the problem, the natural world will do so instead. He believes people should keep discussing the issue and put it on people’s agendas in order to solve it. There are three sensitivities surrounding the issue: the privilege to have children, religion, and world population being centered around Africa and Asia. This article provides the reader with Sir David’s view on population control, the areas of concern, and
Rae, Scott B. Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.
In India, women are being manipulated to stop having children after their second birth. Officials claim that by regulating population and the pregnancies of women after their second child they will be able to empower women by offering them contraceptive choices and child care facilities. In reality, if women do not agree to be sterilized after their second birth they will be denied health care, rations for cheaper food, bank loans, and enrolment in government housing. Another major concern for women is the high rate of infant mortality in India. If women are sterilized after two births and lose one or both of their children, they will never be able to become pregnant again. Instead of the population control plan providing women with child care aid and options, they are removing their rights and their choices.
Why are Indian women and children so venerable to this condition? Evidence suggests that colonialism, high population, intents poverty, low educationa...
The Chinese and Indian populations have grown exponentially over the last fifty years. Accompanied with this has been an increased and continuing desire for male children, which is referred to as son preference. This strong son preference has resulted in a disproportionate son ratio for both China and India, which results in a very disproportionate gender ratio. For both countries, there are several factors involved in the problem: cultural expectation, available technology, and long-term economic benefit, just to name a few. To combat the disproportionate gender ratio in China and India, it is necessary to approach the problem from several different angles; ones that will ultimately give women rights and methods to contribute to their family
Deontology, on the other hand, emphasizes on the moral intuitions that guide one’s conscience for or against certain actions (Curcă, 2013). Deontologists are the opposites of utilitarians because the essential judgment of taking or not taking a course of action is observed in its strictest sense. Apart from feelings and conditions, deontologists also consider the consequences of not following religious rules and natural laws of morality to guide every course of action. Thus, deontologists value three major principles of decision-making: intrinsic morality, the duty of care, and the moral consequences of an action.
The aim of this paper is to examine the human rights violation on women as a result of commercial surrogacy and to propose ways in which amends ought to be made to the current Indian laws and regulations to improve the present condition of women in our country.
Selective abortion is rising, especially in nations throughout Asia, where men are valued in society more so than women are. Emerged in popularity in the mid-80’s, families have begun aborting female fetuses once the sex is revealed (NCBI). The cause of selective abortion ranges depending on the country at hand, yet all hold a similar viewpoint of men being more valuable in society than women are. (NCBI) The main issue with this is the population ratio, with the mass abortions of female arises a lack of females in a country’s society. In areas like India “Missing Girls” is becoming more prominent as the female population withers away (Record). With some 618 girls to 1,000 boys, India faces relentless issues with the treatment of their young girls (Record). One might assume with the decrease of female population a woman’s treatment would rise as result of their or there lack of population. But that cannot be farther from the truth, with the diminishing number comes the rise in abuse put on young girls in India and surrounding Asian nations (Record). Without a spot in higher society the view of women in those areas becomes negative, thus making their place in society small and miniscule to their population (Contemporary Moral Issues, 283). In areas like China, where an extensive gender gap exists, campaigns and billboards are surfacing to enforce the value of young girls (NCBI). If the awareness is provided, then hopefully, a rise in female treatment will follow
Sagade, Jaya. Child Marriage in India: Socio - Legal and Human Rights Dimensions. Oxford University
Due to availability of jobs in the urban centres people have left their original homes and settled in these urban centres, this has led to the disintegration of the joint family structure in its different forms. In India, where the private joint family system of habitation is regular, power paradigms are more complex than in the parts of the world where neolocal habitation is the principle. With joint living arrangement, there are a lot more decision makers under one roof, and choice making powers have a tendency to be more diffused than might be generally anticipated. Yet, notwithstanding the included many-sided quality of joint family living courses of action, a hefty portion of the educational and social attributes which empower women to additional