Overpopulation

Whether humans realize it or not, they affect the earth with nearly every action they perform. Human action can either be directed toward preserving earth's systems or destroying them. As much as humans want to believe it, “a long history of growth does not imply a long future”. There are several factors that will ultimately affect whether the earth collapses or continues as an appropriate environment for humans. A major factor is overpopulation. In Western and European countries incentives are given to raise the birth rate, fighting the most populous country in the world for decades, with rapid population growth (Malthus, pp. 12-48). To mitigate this, People's Republic of China in 1979 introduced the so-called "one-child policy." According to Western, democratic understanding, this is a massive invasion of privacy and self-determination of people. But in socialist China, the interests of individuals are always subordinate to those of the state, so that is also the national goal of population policy on the personal request of a married couple to have a child. The purpose of this paper is to synthesize and analyze the articles related to the overpopulation of humans, in this paper most of the discussion bounds on the policy that is based in ethics; this article has explored the economic logics behind the problem that inspired its genesis (Lane, pp. 45-96).

As the first generation of only children pursued by the state is now grown up and now wants to form our own families, the consequences of this unique population policy are becoming clearer. On 29th December 2001, a new family planning and population law, which at 01 September 2002 came into force. This reaffirms the policy practiced for years for birth control and family planning, which is expressed in the one-child policy. However, the law allows, under certain circumstances, such as disability or death of their first child, the birth of a second child (Malthus, pp. 12-48). Even in rural areas makes one exception, when the distance is not the first child is too small. The national minorities are largely excluded from these regulations and even sparsely populated nations are not subject to birth control (Joseph, pp. 98-102).

To carry out the population program successfully, the Chinese government has not only relied on the "voluntariness" of the people, but enforced birth control and family planning with many rewards and sanctions. This gives the one-child family is much material incentives, such as monthly premiums by 14 Age of the child, as well as preferential treatment in education, health and housing area. Among the sanctions to be imposed for noncompliance with the family planning policy, it is mainly for financial penalties. In this example, a percentage amount will be deducted from the salary of the couple, disadvantaged families in the housing sector, and limited the unplanned child in education and health sectors (Lane, pp. 45-96).

However, it should be noted that often rich and poor parents, despite the heavy financial penalties do not be deterred by an unplanned birth. The former because they can ...