What Does It Mean to Be Human Essay

What does it mean to be human? This question can be answered in million different ways. For myself, I had too many responses to choose from, either pressure, power, purpose, community, dreams, and so on. With a combination of all ideas, I ended up telling my story on how I have worked to create the best version of myself and continue to do so. From a different perspective, I wanted to trigger a larger crowd because Detroit is culture, traditions, and talents. I feel that everyone has small or…

I believe that it is possible for human life to be meaningful. I have this way of thinking because embracing our values can bring meaning to our lives, if we truly embrace them (Rachels, 2012, p. 173). Having personal relationships that are meaningful can also add a sense of happiness to our lives. There is nothing more worthwhile then having people that reciprocate your love. Therefore, family and friends are essential. In addition to this, a meaningful life can be one in which you are proud…

was always very mean and violent. I won't make his mistake and get addicted to drugs. There are many reasons why you shouldn't. However there are reasons why you should. For example, some people need marijuana for cancer or other illnesses. Mental illnesses are another thing that people would take drugs for. For example my aunt slipped and cracked her skull and got brain damage. She now can't taste sweet as much, she also has to do some drugs to help with her memory. “The Human Spirit is…

the concepts of: goodness in human actions, man’s objective of happiness, and how a human’s good action contributes to partaking in God. The Aquinas’ main argument is simply that what actions make it good or bad. In first article begins with the question regarding if our actions we as humans are good. The answer that Aquinas provides is a yes due to that every act of a man does is good and evil does not come from the virtue of good. In conclusion, no act of a man does is evil. Also the per se…

how animals and humans should be treated the same. Stinger expresses how humans treat other humans with respect but don’t necessarily treat animals the same way some humans even treat them with cruelty. Animals are very similar to humans, some more than others but we need to treat them with as much respect as we treat any human today. Stinger defines speciesism in this article as a prejudice or attitude of bias in favor of the interests of each other. Basically meaning that humans stand for each…

Have humans already decided? From the beginning of time man has attempted to separate itself from the natural world. God gave humans command over the world, its animals, and also the responsibility to maintain it. Somehow, at some period of time humans started to take advantage of the earth, no longer taking just what they needed but rather what they desired. Is the fall to blame for this? Did humans fall out of harmony with nature as they fell out of the garden of Eden? Whether all humans…

Warren states that the fetus does not contain any of these traits to be classified as a person but neither would be an infant. According to the argument given by Warren it is not immoral to kill infants since they do not have the traits needed to be classified as a…

Christians believe humans are created in the image of God, but how is one created in the image of God? The biblical statement can mean created in the image of God, physically, mentally, etc. However, can one be created in the image of God if they are not born again because they are still in disobedience and their sinful life? Religiously, the statement that humans are made in the image of God is not clear. It does not give an explanation of how people are made in the image of God or what it…

“eudemonia” to explain what one should do to have the best form of life available. Aristotle first appeals to final causes to expand upon what the best form of life is for humans. Aristotle states that to know our goodness as human beings, we must show our function as a human being. To be happy, Aristotle suggests that we must find our function. In his argument, Aristotle determines how every human being has a unique characteristic activity, which is to reason. Thus, a human beings function is…

Aristotle said Eudaimonia is the excellent performance of the human ergon. Eudaimonia is roughly translated as happiness from Greek, but it is more than fleeting psychological gratification, which is today’s cultural understanding of happiness. Aristotle used Eudaimonia to describe human flourishing. Ergon, translated from Greek, means function. This function involves both what something does and how it does it. Spoons and forks both help us eat, but they do it in different ways. It would…