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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Man's Attitudes towards ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [nature as being superior]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 12/94 # of Words:666 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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As mans attitude towards nature evolved, western culture perceived man
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as the central and most important part of nature. This egocentric attitude
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has acted to the extreme detriment of nature. Yes, I believe this to be
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true and I will prove it by looking at resourcism and speciesism.
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Resourcism is the exploitation of the worlds resources. Our
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consumption rate, especially in the western world, is overwhelming. In the
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beginning, we were a hunter and gatherer society, perceiving man and
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animals as equals. Everything was shared, there was no claims of ownership,
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especially land. The two most significant events in our conquest of the
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planet was the creation of agriculture and the industrial revolution. The
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development of agriculture gave us control over what we grew and ate. Mass
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amounts of land were cleared in order to make room for new crop fields.
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Science is considered to be knowledge, knowledge is power and therefore
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science is mastery. The continued advancement of science created what is
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known as the industrial revolution. This is where our over consumption
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began. We were now able to drill into the earth and extract unrenewable
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resources and make them into many new products. This attitude of power and
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control over the resources of the earth has lead us to think of ourselves
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as the most important part of nature. We took what the earth had to offer,
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and there was no one to stop us.
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Speciesism is the exploitation of plants and animals. At first, we
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feared animals but once we domesticated animals we gained a sense of power
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and dominance. We now view animals as commodities, curiosities, and even as
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our selves. As commodities, we sell, buy and hunt animals. Fish are
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considered to be a commodity, so are domesticated animals as well as some
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wild animals. As curiosities, we have animals for entertainment. Zoos,
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circuses, bullfights, marine land, etc. . The problem with this is the
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animals are kept in cages and often have poor living conditions, they are
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to some, being held captive. Many people would prefer watching them in
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their natural habitats doing natural things. Bears do not normally roll on
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balls in bright coloured skirts just so people can laugh. This is degrading
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to the animals but once again it reminds us that we are the top species,
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the one who controls all the others. We even view animals as our selves,
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this is true when it comes to children's enjoyment. Stuffed animals,
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cartoons and especially Walt Disney depict animals as humans. In cartoons
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we see animals talking like us, walking like us, doing all the things we
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normally do. Children are exposed to this egocentric attitude at a very
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early age, almost every child will want to visit disney world. With plants,
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it is in our gardening that we exemplify control. We all know of those
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large gardens with mazes that are geometrically correct, notice how every
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hedge is trimmed perfectly. In the hunter and gather society, their
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hierarchy had animals and humans as equals, but today we have god at the
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top, humans in the middle and nature at the bottom. Some believe that
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animals were created for our benefit this belief which I hold myself comes
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from Genesis, the first book in the bible. Chapter 1, verse 26 says "And
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God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them
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have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
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over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
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creepeth upon the earth".
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In conclusion, we now view our selves as the central and most
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important part of nature. It is this new attitude that has acted to the
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excessive degradation of nature. Things are still in the process of
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changing, with the environment high on our list of priorities, we are
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beginning to view nature in a different light, as something to be protected
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and preserved for future generations.
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