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He saw nothing to save, foster, or conserve about it. He thought people who lived in subsistence cultures were "so miserably poor they are frequently reduced to the necessity sometimes of directly destroying, and sometimes of abandoning their infants, their old people, and those afflicted with lingering diseases, to perish with hunger, or to be devoured by wild beasts" (p. 93). Nature was a resource to be used to create wealth. Consumption was the ideal -- everybody able to buy whatever goods were needed and wanted. And civilized Europeans were the "ideal of humanity" (p. 96).
In America and other Western nations today, we have seen the world Smith envisioned come to pass with everything he pictured a reality. People from developing countries are amazed, for example, when they visit the U.S. And find that the poor generally have roofs over their heads, food on the table, and a car to drive. But the downside of the picture is that cement pavements are everywhere and business establishments have blotted out the landscape. Even the Great Lakes are polluted with an inky layer of toxic chemical gunk on the bottom. The air isn't fit to breathe in many places. Rain forests and wetlands are diminishing at an alarming rate. The glaciers are melting, and global warming, the result of all the industry, threatens to destroy life on beautiful earth.
People fail to appreciate earth's generosity and the fact...
They are separated from the earth by their way of life and all the possessions and things they enjoy, and they feel sorry for anyone who doesn't live in a consumer society. People living in subsistence cultures and in the un-industrialized countries are viewed as pitiable and believed to be envious of the American way of life. "Applied science (technology) has drastically altered the relations, in force since the agricultural revolution, between culture and nature" (p. 95). The idea of wilderness has been transformed, and humanity's ties to nature have virtually been obliterated. Adam Smith idea that nature and society exist in opposition to each other and that the physical world is machinelike -- so many atoms in motion -- more or less prevails. The concept of earth as a nurturing Mother has been lost.
The poet, William Blake, wrote, "To see the World in a grain of sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour."
We should not accept scientific method to the point that our capacity as human beings is limited. Reason is not all there is; something more is required to bring balance and harmony to the world -- a more spiritual perspective -- not in the sense of religion, but learning to value what is meaningful and beautiful. A new consciousness has to come about, if we are going to save ourselves.
Adam Smith He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry, he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases,
In another apocryphal text of the Hebrew religion, the redemptive blood of Jesus Christ flowed onto the grave of Adam who was buried under Calvary in the Holy Sepulcher. Likewise, another Jewish tradition holds that Adam was the prototype of mankind, meaning that the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and their eventual downfall is an allegory for the human condition and man's weakness for sin.
Smith & Walker Both Smith and Walker who write about the plight of black people and the feelings of inevitability and racism can invoke in Black people and in their lives. A significant difference between the poem and the short story is the generation and age of the individuals. Whereas Walker's short story is concerned with the racism and pain experienced by an elderly African-American woman in the post-civil rights
In this segment S&W competes with Beretta from Italy, Heckler & Koch from Germany and Fabrique Nationale from Belgium. The most dominant competitor in this segment is Glock of Austria, which sold 50,000 Glock Model 19 pistols to Iraqi Security Forces without the consent and approval of U.S.-based collation command or the U.S. Congress. Glock, in refusing to cooperate with the U.S. military, has opened up a significant opportunity
Lesson Plan Amp; Reflection I didn't know what state you are in so was unable to do state/district standards! Lesson Plan Age/Grade Range; Developmental Level(s): 7-8/2nd Grade; Below grade level Anticipated Lesson Duration: 45 Minutes Lesson Foundations Pre-assessment (including cognitive and noncognitive measures): All students are reading below grade level (5-7 months) as measured by standardized assessments and teacher observation Curricular Focus, Theme, or Subject Area: Reading: Fluency, word recognition, and comprehension State/District Standards: Learning Objectives: Students will develop
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