Essays on Biology

 The human body displays various reactions that are characterized by opposing tendencies. Such tendencies affect flight and fight reactions, feeling hungry, and nerve firing among many other body processes. This paper will use psychological and physical mechanisms to explain how various opposing processes apply to the automatic nervous system, color...

Rationality can be defined as the ability to make sound decisions depending on one’s beliefs. Rationality relates what is true and what actions to take. It provides bases for actions taken by a person (Hale, 24). Human rationality can be identified by the logic deployed in their judgment. A rational...

Determining whether an individual has a vibrant inner self-has raised diverse concerns due to the lack of adequate determinants as a means of measurement, the use of symbols and bodily reactions are considered as a yardstick in underlining the existence of a vibrant inner self. Although the robots have the...

What role, if any, should Theological Reflection play in the bioethics of Engineering Human Beings?IntroductionBioethics is defined by four principles, which are the principle of justice, principle of respect for autonomy, the principle of the nonmaleficence, and the principle of the beneficence (Agar, 2010). Either minor or major the principles...

Two main ideas in modern bioethics: respect for autonomy and the principle of beneficence Two main ideas lie at the center of modern bioethics: respect for autonomy and the principle of beneficence. As such, the former concept draws its basis from the aspect of the liberal and political idea which reiterates...

In the article, “The Intelligent Plant”, Pollan, a Journalism lecturer from the University of California, Berkley, elaborates on diverse scientific approaches advanced by different researchers in their attempt to demonstrate that plants are active and as such, exhibit aspects of intelligence and behavioral responses to their environment. The current paper...

The Relationship between Learning and Remembering The relationship between learning and remembering is a function of the memory. Memory refers to the mental ability to store information which is learned by a person and retrieved for use in the future. Amnesia refers to a disorder of the memory and the systems...

Wile E Coyote is a cartoon character that creates many inventions to enable him to kill the Road Runner. Are the inventions seen in this Character new idea? That is a question that can be applied to us as human beings. Human beings have been existing for a period of...

There has been a lot of debate on the qualification of the concept of intelligent design in the science realm. While some scientists and philosophers argue that the arguments presented in the intelligent design context cannot be observed and tested and can only exist as a quasi-religious doctrine, others hold...

Descartes' Dualism vs. Darwinian Monism Descartes’ dualism has been considered a philosophical concept that aids in the understanding of the mind-body relationship. Descartes asserted that the mind and body are two separate entities amidst the fact that they are ‘joined’ to perform a particular function among humanity. While Descartes believes in...

Two main ideas in modern bioethics Two main ideas lie at the center of modern bioethics: respect for autonomy and the principle of beneficence. As such, the former concept draws its basis from the aspect of the liberal and political idea which reiterates the importance of a person’s freedom of choice...

I as well enjoyed chatting with you at the cafeteria about HPS100 course. The three concepts that make it impossible for us to have absolute certainty in sciences include sensations problems; lack of a guarantee that whatever our sensory nerves convey is what we exactly picture when we look at...