Essays on Lobster

The common resources are natural and cultural resources, and they include air, water, ocean and habitable earth. These common resources are accessible to all society members. The resources are not privately owned but instead are held in common. Due to a tragedy of commons, individual users of the shared resources act independently as directed by their self-interest and deplete the resources by behaving contrary to the shared resources. For instance, oceans as common resources are usually subjected to overexploitation and abuse since it is not private property. Since the competition of fisheries is high, the fishing firms demonstrate predatory ...

Things remembered recalled children’s jewelry from the market on July 19, 2016. The recall is referenced by the Recall Number 16-228. According to the United States Consumer Product Safety commission’s website, the reason behind the decision to recall was a violation of lead standards for children products. Specifically, the product subjected to the recall included the silver heart bracelets and the sweet charm necklaces for children. Silver heart bracelets are six inches long each of which has ten silver hearts linked by circle links. Besides, it has a lobster claw clasp for its closure and one charm ...

Introduction

External environment analysis is a comprehensive look at the organization’s strengths and weaknesses through examining the external factors of the market. There is a wide range of external forces that directly affect the sustainability and performance of the organization. The external environment analysis assesses the level of threat, risk, and opportunity in the outside environment. It helps the organization to make effective decisions on the basis of evaluation and improve the organizational performance. It helps the management to align strategies with the company’s environment. External environment factors are difficult to handle and some factors are uncontrollable that ...

Maintenance of ethical principles is essential to the sustainability of the globe. In fact, lack thereof compromises the development of humanity, and this situation could result in unpleasant behavior. With this in mind, it is worth acknowledging the fact that the current controversies associated with the inhumane treatment of animals are justifiable. Specifically, the process of preparing animals for consumption is primarily based on the final presentation to the consumer and not the welfare of the animals. As such, this situation questions the ethical principles of the individuals who consume meat. According to McClelland (4), inhume treatment of animals ...

Introduction

The fishing industry is a diverse industry that includes many activities and practices concerning fish and has been in existence for many decades. Nonetheless, the industry over the years has been faced with a wide range of issues with the most critical being environment issues. The environmental issues have thus resulted in the threat of aquatic life, particularly the fish family. The survival of lobsters particularly in Maines, New England in this regard has been forced to depend on water temperatures, the cleanliness of the of the habitat and the increasing concerns about the rising cases of the lobster ...

Consuming beef is without a doubt a pleasant practice among many individuals. In fact, not many people pose to think about the kind of treatment the animals were compelled to endure before their slaughter. In the article, This Is What Humane Slaughter Looks Like. Is It Good Enough? McClelland seeks to provide a rationale over the ethical principles about beef consumption. Precisely, are animals subjected to a conducive slaughter environment before their death? Is their demise made humane as many people think? He mentions that the United States enforced the Humane Slaughter Act in 1958. However, over the decades, ...

Background (Darden Restaurant)

It is the world’s largest company-owned and operated full-service restaurant company that served over 423 million meals in the fiscal year 2012. The organization operates in more than 1990 restaurants in the United States and Canada. 1961 of these restaurants are located in the United States, which is the home country for the restaurant with the main brands being Olive Garden (786 restaurants), Red Lobster (677 restaurants) and LongHom Steakhouse (386 restaurants). Others include the Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze, Seasons, eight Eddie and the Seafood Grille. The corporation’s first restaurant, Red Lobster seafood restaurant, was opened in ...

Morality is essential to the stability of a nation or an organization. In fact, lack thereof leads to the development of uncertainty among individuals and this situation compromises peace. With this in mind, it is worth acknowledging the fact that David Foster raises his ethical concerns about the consumption of lobsters. Precisely, he does not present his argument in a way that castigates this action. Rather, he poses a question that challenges one’s emotional and logical appeal. He mentions, “Is it all right to boil a sentient creature alive just for our gustatory pleasure?” This statement forms the ...

Darden Restaurants, Inc. is an American restaurant consisting of various brands whose headquarter is located in Orlando. The company operates several brands in the United States including Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, LongHorn Steakhouse, Season 52, Wildfish Seafood Grille, The Capital Grill, Eddie V’s Prime Seafood, and Yard House. The company used to own Red Lobster up until the year 2014 where the business changed hands. Darden had 1534 create and restaurants locations owned and operated by the company and spread in both the United States and Canada. All the restaurants were owned and managed by the firm with ...

Introduction

The value of the ecosystem to survival of humankind cannot be overemphasized. Man has derived his food and water from the environment since time immemorial. The ecosystem has also provided humankind with clothing and shelter . On the other hand, the contribution of the human kind to natural scientific process like decomposition and reforestation has also had a positive contribution to the ecosystem . The relationship between man and his ecosystem needs to work at a mutually beneficial harmonious equilibrium. Unfortunately, in many instances the extremes of man have greatly shifted the equilibrium to levels perceived favorable to man. The fronting ...

Part one: Newspaper article

This essay explores the American culture by analyzing an article in the USA today titled, “Las Vegas serves America’s best regional foods” by Larry Olmstead on March 4, 2016.

Part two: Summary article

In the article, Olmstead marvels at the culinary potential that resides in Las Vegas. The author reports that the food in the city of Nevada is unrivaled. This praise is justified by the presence of top celebrity chefs. Las Vegas has the best buffets and serves as the best destination for visitors (1). The city offers one-stop shop for a wide range of things including Jewish deli sandwiches and ...

The very title of the essay appeals to the audience and alerts them to some extent, as Wallace uses the imperative construction to draw his readers’ attention. He doesn’t want only to explain his readers the matter from different points of view, but also to make them regard it in details and come to their own conclusions. “Consider the Lobster” is addressed to different kinds of audience: to tourists who are eager to visit the Maine Lobster Festival, to sea world scientists who are seeking answers to the questions of lobsters’ existence and survival, to seafood lovers who ...

Human and animal rights are issues that should be of concern to every citizen. For most persons, animal rights are a topic that is not worth much debate. But, animals can be hurt by the cruel hands of mankind and their need to satisfy their hunger and social desires. Instead, mankind is more concerned with human rights even though animals and humans are treated with similar levels of cruelty in the society. Persons are beaten and killed and the society defends the right to life and the right to be free from abuse, yet some persons continue to believe ...

English

Consider the Lobster is a topic initially looks like an environmental issue that is being covered by the media as it slowly progresses into an exhaustive and interesting article that captivates the interests of the readers very quickly. The audience of Wallace, especially for this particular piece of writing is rather exhaustive as the people addressed are gourmet food lovers, food scientists, animal activists, social activists, as well as chefs. ‘Consider the Lobster’ is an article in which Wallace brings up a topic the need for morality and humanity with respect to animal abuse. Similar to the minorities dwelling ...

The commons problem

The tragedy of the commons is the destruction of the environment that occurs when many people use a limited resource in common (Ostrom, 2015). According to Garret Hardin (1968), the population usually grows exponentially, but the world available to the human population is finite. Therefore, for the finite world to support the human population, the population growth rate should be zero. However, this is not the case hence it is impossible to maximise the good to more than one person or group of persons at the same time. Hardin (1968) disagrees with Bentham’s goal which is to achieve ...

Common property resources are those resources which have property rights that are enforced collectively by members of a group or organization. Usually, the increased use of the resources by one individual led to a decrease of resources available for other individuals to consume. Ocean resources include; marine life such as fish and whales, open sea used for traveling and fishing, minerals found in the ocean such as oil, gas, sand among others. This paper will briefly describe the tragedy of commons as indicated in Hardin. It will also use Seabright to clarify how the rights of the common property ...

What the popular culture eats in this century depends on the ethnic groups in the nation. Each group has its own food habits and culturally based foods. Conversely, the mainstream culture affects cultural perspectives on food since it offers a wide variety of foods such as cuisines and pizzas. This paper focuses on three different articles representing their views on food in America. This paper argues that the American diet has the combination of many cultures in this decade.

Mary Eberstadt argues that people have trouble of mentioning food without by passing mention of sex. The human mind perceives ...

How can daily life be led so that just decisions are made, opening up the way to an ethical life?

The aim of this essay is to present you with some ideas on how an ethics system could be built and organized in such a way that just decisions are made on an everyday basis in people’s lives. Ethics is considered to be a vague and difficult to be defined concept. Nevertheless, there has always been the commonly accepted primitive idea on what Ethics is, which is mainly based on the principles of Philosophy. ...

It has been 56 years since the festival has celebrated annually and people are always expecting for the Maine Lobster Festival or MLF that promises happy moments and delicious food. The celebration has many things to offer for the visitors. Every July, in Midcoast Region the center of lobster industry, the MLF held its big celebration. The Camden and Rockland are the two main communities that participate in the event. In addition, the two main industries in the Midcoast region are Tourism and Lobster industry. In fact, the Maine Lobster Festival highly symbolizes the involvement of the participating industries ...

In the article entitled “Consider the Lobster” written by David Foster Wallace, the author attempts to explore the ethical and moral issues pertaining killing lobsters prior to consumption. Wallace used a personal and reflective style that is deemed to be effective in enticing appeal to the target audience. From the writing style, the author was effective in applying rhetorical elements to present the intended message. The rhetorical element of logos, or logical appeal, was applied through the provision of facts, background overview, and scientific details regarding the lobster. Wallace initially asserted the rationale for the lobster’s evolving popularity ...

Social responsibility refers to a firm’s capability to respond to issues beyond economic, technical and legal requirements to achieve social advantage coupled with the profit that the firm seeks. Corporate social responsibility has been the back of senior managers, but this has since changed to the firm’s agenda a whole. Corporate social responsibility is not an individual action because the manager alone cannot be entrusted to ensure the integration of the firm with the society in which it operates.

The concept of corporate social responsibility is majorly on the concept of stakeholder. This refers to any group or individual ...

East coast fisheries in Canada were no strangers to exporting, with $2.3 billion in product, mostly lobster, going to the United States. New transportation technology was opening up an efficient way for them to reach Europe - the largest seafood market in the world.

Love That Lobster

Canada leads the world in production of lobster (20%) and in exports about 33% of the total produced. Canada has a competitive advantage because of a productive fishery on the east coast and the desirability of the lobsters there.

While many recipes make use of lobsters or lobster parts, whole live lobsters are considered a special treat. A ...

Use of Common Property to address the Commons Problem

Introduction The use of common property to address the problem of common people refers to the tragedy of the commons. Most of the work on environment cuts across the pro-regulatory traditional protectionist laws and policies. According to Acheson, the tragedy of commons does not hold correctly to the future of all the available resources. Private owners instead of the general deserving public use the resources. Acheson reviews several classic examples of managing environmental resources in his essay. There are some institutional regimes, which have been in operation for a long period without degrading the available resources. In addition, ...

There are varied definitions of common property that exist in various contexts. Its application and use is, therefore, determined by the specific context. Our definition of common property is in relation to real tangible property. Common property in this context of real properties can be defined as a property that is collectively owned by public or a community to which every member of the community has equal right to use and access. Sometimes, the government can own common property. Where government owns common properties, all citizens have a right to use it in various activities. The ownership and product of that property ...

Summary

In the article Consider the Lobster, David Foster Wallace is quick to vividly describe how inhuman human beings are. He makes use of lobsters as an example and more specifically the Marine Lobster Fest which is a popular festival in which large quantities of lobsters are consumed. David begins by introducing the culture and tradition of the festival and then vividly describing the large number of lobsters available. He estimates the lobsters to be about twenty five thousand pounds, fresh and ready for human consumption. In the subsequent part of the article, he describes in detail how the lobsters are ...

David Foster Wallace, in his essay Consider the Lobster, questions the ethics of being a non vegetarian consumer and whether it is morally alright to kill an animal for food. The essay addresses the Maine Lobster Festival (known as MFL) where lobsters are abundant in supply. While covering this story Wallace was faced with certain issues of morality towards killing of animals. In this paper I will discuss Wallace’s concerns, in addition to which I will give my response to the issue. Wallace begins the essay by introducing the MFL of 2003 where he describes how it is a ...

“A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.” –Albert Camus. An individual who does not consider ethics is a dangerous human being to the society. Ethics offer the rules of engagement among the members of the society. In a just ethical system, an individual should be awarded for what he has accomplished and worked for, instead of being credited for external factors, which alters the status of the individual by giving a head start. To understand the just ethical system, it is worth considering the articles by Namit Arora and David F. Wallace. The articles, “What do ...

Answer 1: Price Elasticity of demand is the responsiveness or sensitivity of demand for a particular commodity ascribed by a change in the price of such a commodity. It is a quantitative relationship between quantity demanded and price while the other factors are constant. If the elasticity has a higher numerical value, the effect of price change is greater on the quantity demanded. Some of the factors that affect the price elasticity or elasticity of demand are - Nature of commodity: commodities like food grains and vegetables that are necessities have an inelastic demand as they are required for human survival. A luxury ...

Despite the efforts that are being put by various stakeholders, equality and balance in the society will remain a fairy tale. The lobster tale gives us an example of a wider society where only few people will see opportunities from far, grab them and work hard to ensure they work well for them. Opportunities will only benefit those who are ready and willing and there is no way a person will work so hard, only for their sweat to be enjoyed by somebody else. The issue of balance usually comes in, when the efforts of the hardworking in the society pay off ...

Introduction

As we all well know, the jails are becoming more and more crowded with each passing month, and it has gotten to the point where putting a criminal in jail is not an option anymore. Ultimately, judges as well as other officials are aware of the limited capacity of the jails not just in their jurisdiction, but in others outside of their own as well. Some criminals or even first time offenders feel relieved at the fact that they can get away with murder, and no one can stop them. If they are stopped then they are instead let go, ...

Introduction

With globalization, the markets have opened up. Companies are expanding to untapped markets to gain more market share. When companies plan to expand overseas, it is important for them to understand the market, environmental factors, and legal aspects and develop marketing strategies accordingly. For the purpose of the assignment, the US Based MNE that is selected is Red Lobster and the country where the company would be entering through FDI is China. Set up in 1968 by Bill Darden, Red Lobster is now a subsidiary of Darden Restaurants Inc. Based in US the company has its restaurants in Canada as ...

Torture is an act of deliberately imposing ruthless physical pain on an individual who is under arrest or physically restrained and is unable to protect himself or herself against the pain being inflicted. This paper is going to synthesize Christopher Hitchens’ essay titled , “Believe me, it is torture” and David Wallace’s “Consider the Lobster”. It is not an easy task to judge Hitchens’ point of view of categorizing water-boarding as inflicting physical pain and the underlying contention on the fact that no human being should be subjected to torture (Hitchens 3). I am in support of this ...

In David Foster Wallace’s seminal nonfiction essay “Consider the Lobster,” the noted author reports for a culinary magazine his experiences at the 2004 Maine Lobster Festival. According to Wallace, “The Maine Lobster Festival represents less an intersection of the [tourism and lobster] industries than a deliberate collision, joyful and lucrative and loud” (Wallace). From basic descriptions of the etymology and history of the lobster and the event itself, Wallace moves on to even stickier metaphysical questions as to the nature of this ritualistic delicacy, even approaching moral questions as to the ethics of cooking and killing lobster. While a consensus is ...

Synopsis

The film ‘How I Met Your Mother,’ is a television series based on a story a father is telling his kids in the year 2030 about his life 20 years earlier. His story eventually leads to him meeting their mother. The focus of the show is a group of friends and their interactions together. Ted Mosby, the father narrating the stories is the show’s main character. He is an architect, is single, and lives in Manhattan. His two best friends, Marshall Eriksen and Lily Adrin who he has known since college, have been a couple ever since. They end up marrying in season ...

An Analysis

Ostensibly a travel piece for ‘Gourmet’ magazine, ‘Consider the Lobster’ begins as a critical and sardonic description about the commercialization of festival tourism. It eventually develops into a moral reflection on the ethics of animal suffering. The slow development of his argument is one of Wallace’s key strategies. It is bookended by misanthropic sentiment, from hyperbolic complaints about traffic (Wallace, 1) to sardonic remarks in his closing paragraph about the inability of “public discussion” to solve the moral dilemmas he raises. (7).Through a variety of techniques, Wallace presents an argument that is cogent, lacking in dogma and reaches only tentative conclusions. ...

Common property in economics refers to a resource system, natural or man made, that possesses characteristics that make it very costly, though not impossible, to exclude potential users from deriving benefits from the resource system even when such usage results in annihilation of the beneficial properties of the resource.

The commons problem arises as a result of each independent and rational person making an individual decision to maximize the benefits accrued from a common property. The overall effect of each individual action is the destruction of the common property; each individual action meant to safeguard personal interest results in an adverse effect ...