Grade 10 Religion Unit 1

Dictionary.com defines human being as “a person, especially as distinguished from other animals or as representing the human species. This means anyone who has a human body can be a human being. In the book The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E Pearson, Jenna Fox is a 17 year old girl who just woke up from a coma and has no clue who she is. She moved from Boston to California with her family because her family did something illegal. When Jenna was in Boston she got in a car crash with her friends Locke and Kara who died. In order to bring Jenna back to life, her father performed a procedure using biogel so that she would have 10% of her brain back but could not remember what happened. Towards the end of the story, Jenna meets Ethan who

From looking at the world now, it is ridiculous to say that we are naturally good. However, if one person believes that stealing is evil, another might believe that stealing is good if it's for a good purpose. So it depends on the person’s views. When a newborn is brought into this world you tend to see purity and simplicity in his eyes. For instance if a child executed a man, we cannot judge nor blame the child since the child knows nothing in life yet. In fact for quite a long time, many philosophers, as well as most individuals, have contemplated on the question “ Is human nature good or bad?”

What it means to be human? To me what it means to be human was walking, talking, breathing air, being the superior mammal. Now that has changed into a much deeper thinking of what makes us human. Our bodies have

What does it mean to be human? This question has been debated since the beginning of time. The dictionary definition of the word “Human” is defined as “of, relating to, or characteristic of people or human beings.” This definition encompasses the biological human, but is that truly what it means to be human, both physically and emotionally? Humanity can be defined as the natural need for love and companionship and multiple flaws.

To be human is to be able think and learn without any restraints. To have an opinion all to one's self even if it my clash with someone else's. To be human is to have emotion. One must be able to smile, cry, laugh or shout without living in fear of the consequence. One must

First a lens for human nature needs to be established. At a basic level there are two ways to view human nature: that all humans are born good, as a blank slate or that humans are for themselves. For the sake of the argument and to stay in line with the texts, let the assumption be that humans are for themselves.

What is even more, is that humans were designed to be Christ-like. Therefore, humans were born with an inner good. C.S. Lewis describes this as being a common morality known to all. He further states that only someone much bigger than humanity could

People are inherently good by nature. One point that supports this that everyone has the potential to be just as good as anyone else. In a study using babies conducted at Yale University, it was found that after watching a short play demonstrating a helping shape and a hindering shape the children preferred the helping shape. This shows that all human prefer to be good and help even at a very young age. The second supporting point is that humans can feel guilt. By definition the feeling of guilt is as follows, a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined. Guilt is important when proving that human nature is good because it shows that a person knows what they did was wrong leading us to

The elements of humanity that are intricately interwoven to define a human are comparable to the complex puzzles that children often fret over, and piece together to create a beautiful picture. Humanity cannot be defined in one general term, but frequently requires a deeper understanding of the categories that all humans fall under. Without humanity, the human population would be lead to commit atrocious crimes and would allow themselves to live without feeling emotion or appreciating the scenes around them. One component of humanity connects with another in a way that influences how humans feel, interact, and make decisions. Between all the elements are what comes together, like the puzzle, to create a glorious piece of work in the form of a human. Humanity is the catalyst that

The goodness of mankind has been in question for a very long time, especially whether or not man is inherently good. Although there are many opinions on this matter, evidence points toward one; that humans are inherently evil, but are also able to learn to be good. Man may start out evil, but overtime he can work against this and strive to be good. Man enters the world at birth without knowledge of what is right and what is wrong; he is inherently evil.

Although some people believe that certain individuals are born evil, I believe that humanity is inherently good.

Being human means that we have shortcomings, we often admire and look up to people who are better at the things we are flawed at. We commonly admire traits such as leadership, intelligence, wisdom or beauty in another person. We might admire a person who dress well. We might admire a person who has inspired us. We might admire a philanthropist who donated money to benefit others.

I do not believe that people are naturally good or naturally bad, you can choose whether or not you are good or bad. There are many people in this world that have chosen to be bad, they try to corrupt the minds of the world with their horrible influence on others. Although there are people in this world who have chosen to be bad there are also many people that have chosen to be good. A good person tries their best to be kind and caring to others, spreading their joy and compassion towards the people around them. In my opinion, it helps to always try and have a good influence on other people because your actions will affect how people think of you and how they will probably act later on.

What is humanity? The definition is the fact or condition of being human. Yet, from time to time we question if humanity is generally good, or generally evil, and then we have those who think it is something else entirely. As a human being, part of humanity, I say that humanity is something else entirely, or a mixture of both, good and evil. Who are we to constitute that it is generally good, or evil, when each human is different and acts different. We all think, act, and view things differently, therefore humanity cannot be lumped into being good nor evil, instead it is a mixture of both. Though, different people can view humanity differently, as Mencius thought humanity is good, Tzu had thought of humanity as evil, while Locke thought that humanity was a blank slate and could only be determined by experience.

Often times in life we contemplate are humans inherently good or bad? It's a question that has repeatedly been asked throughout our existence. Honestly their is no simple answer to that question we as humans are flawed beings. Let’s face it we are in fact flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. Although in my option once you get rid of ones flaws there would be no one left. We are imperfect beings and some go their whole lives contemplating the theory that we are all perfect. Well that is far from the truth we need to realize that their is potential for humans to be good. There is no perceivable future where the world will be perfect. In fact, their is no cookie cutter answer whether or not humans are brutal or good.