Blog post 19

According to Malthus, what is the general nature of all animated life?

That is the constant tendency of all animated life to increase beyond the nourishment provided for it.

According to Malthus, what is the most positive check on human population growth that has existed in history?

Law of our nature which makes food necessary to the life of man, population can never actually increase beyond the lowest nourishment capable of supporting it, a strong check on population, namely, the difficulty of acquiring food, must be constantly in operation.

Describe Malthus’ idea of arithmetic growth of food supply v geometric growth of human population. 

population increases exponential place food supply increases arithmetic

Discuss Malthus’ idea of positive and preventive checks on human population. Provide examples of both.  

these are practices which you limit reproduction or fertility. these include abstinence which necessitates moral restraint and delay of marriage. Malthus was aware that moral restraint was difficult as people gain pleasure from sex. yet he was not in favor of artificial birth control methods.

RESEARCH: Was Malthus Right? Read the article and do some outside research if necessary and decide whether or not Malthus was right.  
Yes he was right