Ecology November 7, 2008

Seeing that this is the last assignment, I just want to tie everything up in a neat little bundle and conclude with my personal views about our Earth and its problems because I do care. Previously, I have attributed a lot of problems to capitalism. It is the venom that pervades our society with unintended [...]

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Technology and Energy October 30, 2008

Technology, as we all know by now, is a double-edged sword. As much it delivers promises that supposedly improve our lives, it bears with itself perils that are sometimes not very obvious. This conflicting view we have on technology will be an ongoing debate in which a conclusion cannot be arrived at anytime in the [...]

Population and Health October 24, 2008

There are basically two camps when we talk about the population-resource relationship. On one hand, we have the hedonist; on the other, the conservationalist. Both camps have opposing views with regards to their approaches on the sustainability of resource use. Hedonists are optimistic pleasure seekers, with regards to the use of resources. They consume at [...]

Urbanization October 17, 2008

Cities are dynamic in nature. They experience continual change, influenced by many factors that are often economical and political. We have seen how the decentralization of the inner city leads to inner city decay, where the inner city areas deteriorate economically and environmentally. Jobs are lost as businesses follow the movement of people out to [...]

Ethnicity and Religion October 10, 2008

Religion is loosely defined as the belief or worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. It encompasses the moral codes. Values, practices and rituals associated with that belief. In the past, religion was often viewed as an important part of society, due to its role in supplying moral and spiritual [...]

Democracy and Human Rights October 2, 2008

Crawford Brough Macpherson is a political scientist famous for his work, “The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism: From Hobbes to Locke (1962)”. Thomas Hobbes imagined that liberal political authority is ideal and can only function where people feel some additional motivation apart from pure self-interest. John Locke argued that in the original, pre-political state of [...]

War September 19, 2008

As we know, war is a legitimate form of violence, where the state is the monopoly of that legitimate use of violence. Terrorism, however, involves the use of violence by an organization other than a national government to cause intimidation or fear among a target audience. It usually carries a political agenda and are characterized [...]

Crime September 12, 2008

We all know that Singapore has one of the lowest crime rates in the world. Being born and bred Singaporeans, we often forget how dangerous a place the world has become. Confined in the safety net bestowed upon us as privileged Singaporeans, we hear of violent crimes around the world but are inclined to regard [...]

Women And The Family September 5, 2008

Due to the changing profiles and functions of families, many problems have arisen and societies, corporations as well as governments need to adjust or react to these challenges accordingly. It is noteworthy that many of these impacts not only affect the developed or Western countries with more educated populations, but also the developing and more [...]