Definition Of Humanity: What Makes Us Human

The true definition of humanity is understanding the entire human race. Humanity can be better-understood with empathy because if we were able to look at everyone from an equal perspective, we would be able to feel sympathy for others. This way stigma associated with certain groups in this day and age could be erased creating global peace. Unfortunately, this is not the case in today’s world, rather we refuse to create connections within our communities and fail to portray empathy towards our peers. Yehuda Berg a Jewish individual expressed similar feelings in a quote saying “A true community is not just about being geographically close to someone or part of the same social web network. It's about feeling connected and responsible for what happens. Humanity is our ultimate community, and everyone plays a crucial role.” 

The idea of community the author is speaking about in the source can be referred to as nationalism. However, the source somewhat opposes nationalism and supports internationalism in the sense that the author says we need to be connected through humanity, not just geographical closeness or being part of the same social web, humanity is our ultimate community. This means being a part of a nation is not a true community but the fact that we are all humans is the ultimate community on a global scale. Everyone is accounted for and each and every individual makes up the nation, but these individuals have to have physical connections with one another for the nation to prosper. Similar to a puzzle in which each piece represents an individual within our nation. If the pieces don’t connect then the puzzle is not complete, which is why we are all pieces in the puzzle known as humanity. To be able to complete the puzzle we have to be able to connect with everyone without judgement. There needs to be a shared sense of responsibility rather than the shared geographical closeness. 

The source also emphasizes the fact that humanity is our ultimate community regardless of our different physical attributes like religion, ethnicity and race or even language, culture and tradition. If we are able to disregard the differences that divide us and embrace the ideas presented in the source, we will find more similarities in one another, helping us create a more unified nation, potentially resolving conflict. However, if communities become more and more alike there is an increased chance of cultural homogenization occurring. Cultural homogenization is the process of reducing cultural diversity by making them uniform or similar. All in all, the source highlights the idea of unity and taking responsibility for what happens in our communities therefore, I fully embrace the ideological perspective of unity in humanity by creating physical connections with individuals in our nation and being empathetic towards all groups in society because it creates a more inclusive society by reducing prejudice, hence making it easier to work together towards a common goal, which then increases global trade thus strengthening the economy