BH Blogging Assignment 8

According to Wager, in third culture, people will live based on counterculturalist values. A centralized government, large republic, armies and bureaucracies will not exist anymore. People will live locally, make their own food goods and energies without being poor. However, technologies are quite progressed in the third culture.
In my opinion, it is possible that people start to live locally and have their own energies or foods. However, I think it is impossible to live without the existence of a centralized government. Living such a life under public service of the centralized government will work more.

Blogging Assignment 7

The republic based on democratic socialism, the Wagar's second future,  will become to have power after movements against capitalism which is run by a few people. The movement is likely to be occurred in social dificulties. Democratic socialism ensures civil liberties which have never been assured before. To realize them, nation-states and military powers will be broken down  to stop wars completely and all people will have the rights to freely achieve what they want on their own. However, democratic socialism can slow the progress of human beings because it will take for a long time to distribute power equally to all citizens. Also, there are risk that caste will be made and technocrats will control the republic.
In my opinions, I think real "socialism" which mentioned earlier will not be realized, and Wagar's fear of caste to be created will be realized instead. People always wants to have power than others. In the system of capitalism, power stracture can be changed. However, Under socialism, power stracture will not be changed easily. Therefore, I do not think democratic socialism system to be stractured in the future.

Blogging Assignment 6

The first future that Wagar states is globalized liberal democratic capitalism. In the world of the capitalism, rich will be richer due to technology, energetic stance of political democracy, and by opening up new markets.On the other hand, it will widen the gap between rich and others. Although it will persist for a while, the system will collapse as business growth are expected to have slowed in 2030s, and other problems such as rise in crime or environment degradation. Today, what Wagar expected is becoming true, but I do not think the system will change because I cannot think of better system than this.

Blogging Assignment 5

The second article related to my essay is The movie called Juno.
Citation: : Juno. Dir. Jason Reitman. 20th Century Fox, 2007. Film..
The movie is about the teen girl Juno, who accidentally got pregnant. It shows the struggle of pregnant women who did not expected to have a child. Although she has the choice of abortion, she decide not to because she feel sorry for her child. However, her partner keep his distance from her, and he goes his own way. The movie tells viewers the great responsibility for pregnancy bestowed upon women.

Blogging Assignment 4

I will donate my organs only after death from heart failure. I approach to organ donation problem by using both deontological and consequentialist belief explained by Shannon. From deontological point of view, I believe that the time of death is when a heart stops. Therefore, brain death is not actual “death,” and organ transplantation from brain death people will be equal to killing of them and it should not be allowed. Whatever happens, I have the unchangeable belief that the only case when heart stops are real death. On the other hand, I have the consequentialist belief on organ transplantation from death from heart failure. Although cutting my body which is the gift from my mother is ethically unacceptable, if my organ saves others, I will give them.  

Blogging Assignment 3

Title:Mississippi voters reject anti-abortion initiative
Author: Rich Phillips
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/09/politics/mississippi-election/index.html?iref=allsearch


In Mississippi, ammendment 26 which states that life starts right after fertilization was dismissed by voters. Some expects that it would lead to outlawing abortion, and could threaten the right of personal choice. Also, obscurity of the amendment led voters rejecting it. However, Personhood USA which supports the amendment will continue struggling to make a statement such as the ammendment 26.
This argment could heat up national abortion discussion.