Afshan Kiran imtiaz- Dimensions of Humanity

Humanity! What is humanity?


humanity means three things: a species; an ethical behavior, and a global identity. The Relation between these three different dimensions is very strong if we consider them as one.
and here I described these dimensions briefly!

Humanity as species:

The humanity describes a specific kind of animal that biologists call homo sapiens – or wise human beings – and which seems clear from all other animals because of its powers of language, reasoning, imagination, and technology. This biological and evolutionary use of the term has the same meaning as “humankind” and marks us out as a particular life form that is different from other kinds of animal and vegetative life.

Humanity as a ethical behavior:

Now come to the second meaning of humanity which is used to describe certain moral values that we can see operating across humankind as kindness and compassion for one another. Consequently, we can understand this second meaning as the kindness of humans.

Humanity as a global identity:

Over the last 200 years, the third sense of humanity has increasingly referred to a single global identity across all human societies. It’s not a simple biological identity but the idea that as a conflicted species we can and must build a single global political identity in which every human has a stake. This global identity is a meta identity which transcends smaller identities shaped by culture, nation, class, political opinion and religion.
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