Importance Of Being Human

What’s so special about being human? What makes us different from robots and other animals? These philosophical questions are by no doubt seemingly difficult to answer. Of course, the answer may differ for every individual, for it is a question that depends on one’s standard of being ‘human’. For instance, one might consider organisms that are merely biologically human as human, while others might accept organisms that have certain human characteristics as human. However, from the three informational texts analyzed below, the freedom to work within the regulations of society is a human quality that differentiates us from non-humans. We humans have the ability to do whatever we like within certain boundaries and regulations and it is this ability to choose to follow these rules that set the regulatory line. For instance, humans have the freedom to murder, but they usually tend not to do so, as murdering would lead to them being constrained in prison …show more content…
That is to say, she is a "human" that hosts the Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis fungal infection. Although the only thing different about her is the infection, she is kept within handcuffs at all times and is locked in a cellar, with her freedom completely taken away from her. She is not allowed to ask certain questions nor even go out of her cellar unless she is dragged out by guarded men. Melanie proves to be sentient with her intelligence and self-awareness, in saying, “I just want to live, I think everyone wants that.” She is later ordered to be killed to be used as a vaccine but is saved by her teacher (a human). In spite of her being biologically human, and maybe even emotionally human, the fact that she has no freedom to violate nor follow certain rules of society, or the pure fact that she cannot choose to live or die, tells us that Melanie is not human, nor considered human in