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? asked in Arts & HumanitiesPhilosophy · 7 years ago

What is humanity?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    I think, Searching the Humane, While Behaving as the Human.

  • 7 years ago

    Humans considered as a group; the human race.

    The condition or quality of being human.

    The quality of being humane; benevolence.

    A humane characteristic, attribute, or act.

    Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/humanity

    Human nature refers to the distinguishing characteristics—including ways of thinking, feeling and acting—which humans tend to have naturally, independently of the influence of culture. The questions of what these characteristics are, how fixed they are, and what causes them are amongst the oldest and most important questions in western philosophy. These questions have particularly important implications in ethics, politics, and theology. This is partly because human nature can be regarded as both a source of norms of conduct or ways of life, as well as presenting obstacles or constraints on living a good life. The complex implications of such questions are also dealt with in art and literature, while the multiple branches of the humanities together form an important domain of inquiry into human nature and into the question of what it is to be human.

    The branches of contemporary science associated with the study of human nature include anthropology, sociology, sociobiology, and psychology (particularly evolutionary psychology and developmental psychology). The "nature versus nurture" debate is a broadly inclusive and well-known instance of a discussion about human nature in the natural sciences.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_nature

    https://philosophynow.org/issues/61/Enhancing_Huma...

  • Prasad
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    The human race; human beings collectively:

    The fact or condition of being human

    Humaneness; benevolence:

    http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/am...

    http://dictionary.infoplease.com/humanity

  • ?
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    Humanity is humanity.

  • 7 years ago

    Every individual one of us humans that are created in the physical likeness of God, but are in no ways as perfect as God, who also created this orb called Earth!

  • Moi
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    hu·man·i·ty

    (h)yo͞oˈmanədē/

    noun

    noun: humanity; plural noun: humanities

    1.

    the human race; human beings collectively.

    "appalling crimes against humanity"

    synonyms: humankind, mankind, man, people, human beings, humans, the human race, mortals; Homo sapiens

    "Africa is home to one-sixth of humanity"

    the fact or condition of being human; human nature.

    "music is the universal language with which we can express our common humanity"

    synonyms: human nature, humanness, mortality

    "the humanity of Christ"

    2.

    humaneness; benevolence.

    "he praised them for their standards of humanity, care, and dignity"

    synonyms: compassion, brotherly love, fraternity, fellow feeling, philanthropy, humaneness, kindness, consideration, understanding, sympathy, tolerance; More

    3.

    learning or literature concerned with human culture, especially literature, history, art, music, and philosophy.

    synonyms: arts, liberal arts, literature, philosophy; classics, classical studies, classical literature

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Imperfect.

  • 7 years ago

    A miserable little pile of secrets.

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