Essays on Posterity

Introduction

Among the different expenditure heads of the Federal Government, we are mainly concerned with Public Investment expenditures and Entitlement expenditures here. Public Investments expenditure is those as in public projects (building of roads, bridges, schools, hospitals etc.) which are direct investments. Expenditure is also incurred in indirect investments i.e. investments in sectors like Education, Healthcare, Food and Nutrition, R&D, etc. which may not show a direct value return as they are intangible, but are vital to nation building. On the other side, we have the entitlement expenses which is payable to beneficiaries who is entitled to them as per ...

Introduction

The rapid advancements in mobile and computing technology in the last decade have resulted in a global network of information. People are now able to access a wealth of data at their fingertips and can communicate with others located remotely nearly anywhere across the globe. However, the nature of interaction has moved from a predominant face to face mode to one where the device and text or images displayed in it are the mediator for all communication between two people. Therefore, the need for in-person communication has lessened, as has the need for speech and therefore the need for better management of ...

Close Reading: Analysis of The Story of Abraham (Genesis chapters 15-22)

“Fear not, Abram: I am a shield to thee, thy reward very much.” (Genesis15:1). The above verse sums up the entire paragraph where God seems to use vision as the platform to convey his message to Abraham. In his dream, Abraham had God telling him that he would never go back on his promise to reward or save those who believed in him. While Abraham was protecting his kingdom with all his heart and soul, he knew he was doing a service to God. He was so much involved in the protection of his subjects, that he hardly had the ...

When I saw the results of the footprint test that I took, It was surprising and disappointing to learn that I was consuming too much of the resources in this earth. My score says that I need 6.2 planet earths if everyone in the world consumes the way I do. I felt sad about this because I thought I am on of the reasons why tour nature is degrading. My test results also show that I am using too much energy for electricity and that I am emitting 31.2 tons of carbon dioxide, which is the primary cause of ...

Introduction

International free trade and environmental protection have appeared mutually exclusive in the modern world. This has been more the case at the turn of the decade of the 1990s with the adoption of the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in the Uruguay Round and the subsequent establishment of the World Trade Organization in the year 1994. Liberalization in trade has been touted as a major force of enhancing the economic welfare of the world. At the same period, there arose the concept of sustainable development which emphasizes on the environmental protection and the issue of sustainable development gained ...

Introduction

Poetry is an art-form which has been for a long time and for different reasons. This is because of the intense value and wealth in knowledge that poems have been used to convey. Poems have been passed down generations as a way of passing knowledge. The Heian period was no exception. People utilized poetry as a form of expression for thoughts and feeling. This is partly because it was pleasing aesthetically and because poetry was easy to develop with puns and aesthetics. The Tale of the Genji is clearly depicts this. The story employs a wealth of poems to show their usage in ...

Constitutional interpretation is the process through which meaning is ascribed to words in a Constitution. Since the decision in Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137, 177 (1805), this duty has been the preserve of the judicial department. Two schools of thought as to the proper manner of interpretation exist; the originalists and non-originalists. Originalists favor a strict and literal interpretation basically based on the intent of the drafters (Ely, 1980). Non-originalists on the other hand favor a liberal interpretation that pays regard to existing circumstances. In my view, a proper interpretation approach is that of the non-originalists. From the onset, ...

It is quite evident that the world population nowadays is exceeding the capacity to be sustained, especially in developing countries. Given the limited resources available in such countries, the excess populace is perishing at the hands of famine, poverty and natural disasters. In these cases, moral quandaries arise. Do developed nations have an obligation to help the developing ones? Garrett Hardin argues that this is not the case. If each country were to be likened as passengers in a lifeboat, the passengers of one lifeboat are not obligated to share theirs to more passengers in need of a lifeboat, especially if ...