Us together.
As Socrates seems to put more emphasis on the attitudinal level of human nature since he gives more value to the human soul rather than the body
He argued that the human soul should be nurtured properly through acquisition of knowledge, wisdom, and virtue
Man should discover the truth about the good life, for it is in knowing the good life that man can act correctly
Plato also emphasized the social aspect of human nature. We are not self-sufficient, we need others, and we benefit from our social interactions, from other persons talents, aptitudes, and their friendship which allows man to rise above an animal existence and to become fully human.
humanity is the quality of choosing those traits that are acceptable to other fellow human beings, which are desirable to others and even correcting their wrong notion with what the society accepts.
The outcome of Service to humanity-
The prime goal of such actions is to give love and service to humanity without any expectation whatsoever. There will be no lies here.
It’s not an easy task at first. But like any worthwhile activity practiced continuously, the actions become easier until they barely require effort at all. In the end, what began as a redirection of thought and habitual consumerism turns into true service to humanity.
And that, our friends, is simply beautiful.
One of the best Service to humanity quotes from Mahatma Gandhi “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”
There are two sides to our human nature. Our best side, is our humanitarian nature, a deep humanity that we all share. Our worst side is our selfish nature, which some religions have personified to represent the "devil." We are free-willed human beings, which means we can choose which of our two natures to follow under every circumstance
Children seem to be innate helpers. They act selflessly before social norms set in. Studies have shown that they will spontaneously open doors for adults and pick up "accidentally" dropped items. They will even stop playing to help. Their sense of fairness begins young. Even if an experiment is unfairly rigged so that one child receives more rewards, they will ensure a reward is fairly split. Children show 'proactive' kindness: Human children are less selective about who they share with. . Children are "proactive", that is, they help even when presented with only very subtle cues.
When you pull together our unparalleled language skills, our ability to infer others' mental states and our instinct for cooperation, you have something unprecedented. Us.
We have a fundamental urge to link our minds together. "This allows us to take advantage of others' experiences, reflections and imaginings to prudently guide our own behaviour.
We have an immense capacity for good. At the same time we risk driving our closest relatives to extinction and destroying the only planet we have ever called home.
If human behaviour was not stable there would be utter confusion. People would not be able to live with each other.
The greater the degree of integration in a person’s behaviour the more effective his behaviour is likely to be.
We share a common set of emotions and the capacity for self-awareness, abstract thinking, knowing right from wrong, and doing complicated math
the controlling dogma of human existence rests upon the notion that humanity is nothing more than a highly developed animal state
Plato found intelligence as “the most divine thing in man, the most essentially human because [it is] the only part of himself which he does not share with the animal kingdom….”9
Aristotle held the nous as distinctive to man, being “the power of responding to universals and meanings, the power of acting with deliberation, with conscious forethought, or acting rationally”
Existential personhood places certain demands upon a society. It calls upon a society to recognize the dignity and worth of the individual by reason of the life of the individual. It places the dignity and worth of the individual above the collective power of the society, as a superior virtue and it demands prima facie a societal rejection of the relational construct of personhood.
The existential construct of personhood as a distinctly human state within the natural order, intrinsic to human life, and independent of the status of the human being, forms a competing metaphysical construct to the relational construct of personhood. Analysis of the existential construct in the interpersonal context finds a broad range of associated results that are manifestly superior to those of the antithetical relational construct. Such empiricism supports the normative conclusion that the good rests in the existential construction of human personhood, and gives credence to a claim of truth that personhood is an essential characteristic of the human species, and is not a conditional state dependent upon circumstance, perception, cognition, or societal dictum.
High intelligence, cognition, and the capacity for reasoning that the human brain enables are so central to the human condition as to be inseparable from what makes us uniquely human.
Morality is a uniquely human attribute,
Culture has been a highly successful adaptive mechanism for our species. Since culture is non-instinctive, we are not genetically programmed to learn a particular one. . All cultures change over time--none is static. the various aspects of a culture are closely interwoven into a complex pattern. Changing one trait will have an impact on other traits because they are functionally interconnected. The common response in all societies to other cultures is to judge them in terms of the values and customs of their own familiar culture. This is ethnocentrism {due to geographical differences]
Culture Gives Us a Range of Permissible Behavior Patterns
Human diversity covers characteristics involving gender, race, ethnicity religion, sexual orientation, age, class, ability culture, aesthetic, epistemological, literary, psychological, spatial thought, expression, including disciplinarily, exclusivity, the idiosyncratic, the finite and differentiated hinterland.
It entails the varied ways individuals and groups are distinct in meaningful ways at the local, national and global levels of human society On the other hand, shared humanity transcends the idiosyncratic in the human experience and entails characteristics involving universality and commonality. Beyond these characteristics, shared humanity can also refer to inclusivity, trans-disciplinarity, the nomothetic, the infinite and eternal, and the center and the axis mundi. We might look at the "hub" as referring to the universality we share with one another, while the "rim" refers to some sort of integration or assemblage of the diverse parts under an inclusive, single umbrella. or "nonmaterials and subatomic particles" or "Mind" or a "Life-Force and Spirit" that defines the ubiquitous in our shared humanity.
Marx (1818-1883) believed that history's natural progress could lead humans to true freedom as they recognized the cultural and social factors that alienated them from their natural identity.
As long as humans remain a single species, Homo sapiens, which can be clearly separated from other species on the basis of genetic, anatomical, or other criteria, it is perfectly legitimate, and scientific, to speak of human universals.
The human condition is defined as "the characteristics, key events, and situations which compose the essentials of human existence, such as birth, growth, emotionality, aspiration, conflict, and mortality."
Humanity is a virtue associated with basic ethics of altruism derived from the human condition. Humanity differs from mere justice in that there is a level of altruism towards individuals included in humanity more so than the fairness found in justice.
Peterson & Seligman in Character Strengths and Virtues: place humanity as one of six virtues that are consistent across all cultures.
The concept goes back to the development of "humane" or "humanist" philosophy during the Renaissance and the concept of humanitarianism in the early modern period, resulting in modern notions such as "human rights". The purpose of this series of books is to illuminate the necessity to emphasize our common humanity and eliminate the battles and divisiveness that exist in the ongoing religious struggles.
that no trait can exist or become actual without an environmental contribution. Thus, the old question of which is more important, heredity or environment, is without meaning. Both nature (heredity) and nurture (environment) are always important for every human attribute.
As Socrates seems to put more emphasis on the attitudinal level of human nature since he gives more value to the human soul rather than the body
He argued that the human soul should be nurtured properly through acquisition of knowledge, wisdom, and virtue
Man should discover the truth about the good life, for it is in knowing the good life that man can act correctly
Plato also emphasized the social aspect of human nature. We are not self-sufficient, we need others, and we benefit from our social interactions, from other persons talents, aptitudes, and their friendship which allows man to rise above an animal existence and to become fully human.
humanity is the quality of choosing those traits that are acceptable to other fellow human beings, which are desirable to others and even correcting their wrong notion with what the society accepts.
The outcome of Service to humanity-
The prime goal of such actions is to give love and service to humanity without any expectation whatsoever. There will be no lies here.
It’s not an easy task at first. But like any worthwhile activity practiced continuously, the actions become easier until they barely require effort at all. In the end, what began as a redirection of thought and habitual consumerism turns into true service to humanity.
And that, our friends, is simply beautiful.
One of the best Service to humanity quotes from Mahatma Gandhi “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”
There are two sides to our human nature. Our best side, is our humanitarian nature, a deep humanity that we all share. Our worst side is our selfish nature, which some religions have personified to represent the "devil." We are free-willed human beings, which means we can choose which of our two natures to follow under every circumstance
Children seem to be innate helpers. They act selflessly before social norms set in. Studies have shown that they will spontaneously open doors for adults and pick up "accidentally" dropped items. They will even stop playing to help. Their sense of fairness begins young. Even if an experiment is unfairly rigged so that one child receives more rewards, they will ensure a reward is fairly split. Children show 'proactive' kindness: Human children are less selective about who they share with. . Children are "proactive", that is, they help even when presented with only very subtle cues.
When you pull together our unparalleled language skills, our ability to infer others' mental states and our instinct for cooperation, you have something unprecedented. Us.
We have a fundamental urge to link our minds together. "This allows us to take advantage of others' experiences, reflections and imaginings to prudently guide our own behaviour.
We have an immense capacity for good. At the same time we risk driving our closest relatives to extinction and destroying the only planet we have ever called home.
If human behaviour was not stable there would be utter confusion. People would not be able to live with each other.
The greater the degree of integration in a person’s behaviour the more effective his behaviour is likely to be.
We share a common set of emotions and the capacity for self-awareness, abstract thinking, knowing right from wrong, and doing complicated math
the controlling dogma of human existence rests upon the notion that humanity is nothing more than a highly developed animal state
Plato found intelligence as “the most divine thing in man, the most essentially human because [it is] the only part of himself which he does not share with the animal kingdom….”9
Aristotle held the nous as distinctive to man, being “the power of responding to universals and meanings, the power of acting with deliberation, with conscious forethought, or acting rationally”
Existential personhood places certain demands upon a society. It calls upon a society to recognize the dignity and worth of the individual by reason of the life of the individual. It places the dignity and worth of the individual above the collective power of the society, as a superior virtue and it demands prima facie a societal rejection of the relational construct of personhood.
The existential construct of personhood as a distinctly human state within the natural order, intrinsic to human life, and independent of the status of the human being, forms a competing metaphysical construct to the relational construct of personhood. Analysis of the existential construct in the interpersonal context finds a broad range of associated results that are manifestly superior to those of the antithetical relational construct. Such empiricism supports the normative conclusion that the good rests in the existential construction of human personhood, and gives credence to a claim of truth that personhood is an essential characteristic of the human species, and is not a conditional state dependent upon circumstance, perception, cognition, or societal dictum.
High intelligence, cognition, and the capacity for reasoning that the human brain enables are so central to the human condition as to be inseparable from what makes us uniquely human.
Morality is a uniquely human attribute,
Culture has been a highly successful adaptive mechanism for our species. Since culture is non-instinctive, we are not genetically programmed to learn a particular one. . All cultures change over time--none is static. the various aspects of a culture are closely interwoven into a complex pattern. Changing one trait will have an impact on other traits because they are functionally interconnected. The common response in all societies to other cultures is to judge them in terms of the values and customs of their own familiar culture. This is ethnocentrism {due to geographical differences]
Culture Gives Us a Range of Permissible Behavior Patterns
Human diversity covers characteristics involving gender, race, ethnicity religion, sexual orientation, age, class, ability culture, aesthetic, epistemological, literary, psychological, spatial thought, expression, including disciplinarily, exclusivity, the idiosyncratic, the finite and differentiated hinterland.
It entails the varied ways individuals and groups are distinct in meaningful ways at the local, national and global levels of human society On the other hand, shared humanity transcends the idiosyncratic in the human experience and entails characteristics involving universality and commonality. Beyond these characteristics, shared humanity can also refer to inclusivity, trans-disciplinarity, the nomothetic, the infinite and eternal, and the center and the axis mundi. We might look at the "hub" as referring to the universality we share with one another, while the "rim" refers to some sort of integration or assemblage of the diverse parts under an inclusive, single umbrella. or "nonmaterials and subatomic particles" or "Mind" or a "Life-Force and Spirit" that defines the ubiquitous in our shared humanity.
Marx (1818-1883) believed that history's natural progress could lead humans to true freedom as they recognized the cultural and social factors that alienated them from their natural identity.
As long as humans remain a single species, Homo sapiens, which can be clearly separated from other species on the basis of genetic, anatomical, or other criteria, it is perfectly legitimate, and scientific, to speak of human universals.
The human condition is defined as "the characteristics, key events, and situations which compose the essentials of human existence, such as birth, growth, emotionality, aspiration, conflict, and mortality."
Humanity is a virtue associated with basic ethics of altruism derived from the human condition. Humanity differs from mere justice in that there is a level of altruism towards individuals included in humanity more so than the fairness found in justice.
Peterson & Seligman in Character Strengths and Virtues: place humanity as one of six virtues that are consistent across all cultures.
The concept goes back to the development of "humane" or "humanist" philosophy during the Renaissance and the concept of humanitarianism in the early modern period, resulting in modern notions such as "human rights". The purpose of this series of books is to illuminate the necessity to emphasize our common humanity and eliminate the battles and divisiveness that exist in the ongoing religious struggles.
that no trait can exist or become actual without an environmental contribution. Thus, the old question of which is more important, heredity or environment, is without meaning. Both nature (heredity) and nurture (environment) are always important for every human attribute.
