SUS1501 Portfolio Assignment

SUS1501 Portfolio Assignment. “Greed is good” My personal opinion of what should be done, is most closely described by: a. It’s not good or bad. It’s just how things are. b. Absolutely! If it wasn’t for greed we would never achieve anything. c. I’m not sure. Sometimes I think that it’s good. At other times I think that it’s bad. d. It depends on how you define “greed”. e. Absolutely not! Greed is bad. It leads to much pain and suffering. Choice now: Choice in assignment 1: Notes: <NB Note: If your inclination here is to say that having done this module you have decided that greed is indeed good, then by all means go ahead and defend this. However, if you tell us that the course material has told you that greed is good, then you are very likely to fail this module. The course material quite explicitly states that greed is not good. If you think that the material says otherwise, then you need to go and read the material again.> 2. “If arctic ice melting continues, we are likely to see the loss of two thirds of the world's polar bear population within 50 years.” My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: a. Who cares? 3Px46KHP6Xr#115Twc9q b. If it boils down to choosing between driving a luxury SUV and worrying about polar bears I’ll take the car any day. c. While this is sad, polar bears aren’t really very important to my personal welfare which is my primary concern. d. While this is sad, polar bears aren’t really very important to general human social welfare. e. I don’t think polar bears are all that important to human welfare. However, their plight is a symptom of climate change which is a big problem to future human welfare. f. I think it is morally unacceptable for humans to put their interests ahead of the rights of other species like polar bears. Choice now: Choice in assignment 1: Notes: 3. “Of the top 10 wealthiest people (all men), seven are tech billionaires. Their net worth is US$ 847 billion or ZAR 13 trillion!” My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: a. I think that such wealth is utterly immoral when there is so much poverty and suffering in the world and so active steps should be taken to correct this. b. These billionaires are all tech visionaries and deserve every cent of their wealth because of their brilliance. c. Why would anyone want or need that amount of money? d. These are my heroes. I aspire to be like them. e. Bill Gates is one of them and look at how much money he is giving to the poor through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Choice now: Choice in assignment 1: Notes: 4. “60% of the world’s cobalt is mined in the DRC. Significant amounts of this is mined under appalling conditions often by child labourers.” My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: a. What’s cobalt got to do with to me? 3Px46KHP6Xr#115Twc9q b. The DRC is a long way from where I live so I don’t really care. c. This is just a fact of global supply chains and necessary for global economic growth, which is in everyone’s best interest. d. I wonder who is profiting out of this? e. It breaks my heart to see children exploited. This is morally wrong and must not be allowed. Choice now: Choice in assignment 1: Notes: 5. “It is estimated that humans are consuming natural resource at a rate that is 30% above the renewal rate. If we continue to consume in this way we are likely to suffer dire consequences which could include extinction.” My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: a. Yes we are consuming natural resources too fast, but I don’t think this is a problem as there is plenty of time to find technological solutions to problems that emerge b. Yes we are consuming natural resources too fast. The first priority in solving this is to put the brakes on human population growth. c. Yes we are consuming natural resources too fast. The first priority in solving this is for rich people to reduce their consumption significantly. d. Yes we are consuming natural resources too fast. And frankly I don’t see any solution because increasing consumption is the basis of our economic growth. e. I don’t believe this tale of doom............................