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Whats the pinnacle of humanity for you?

SW-User

People who are compassionate, understanding; the ones who love when they are not loved, who care when they could just as easily follow the crowd, and walk away.

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popmol · 22-25, M

@SW-User yay sheep :)

SW-User

@popmol cute critters

popmol · 22-25, M

@SW-User yes all woolly and all :) i love sheep and goats they are so fun!

kodiac · 22-25, M

Being a good parent.

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popmol · 22-25, M

@kodiac so its a case by case basis? well those are lovely qualities! but what if we are attacked by aliens then we need tough and unforgiving :p

kodiac · 22-25, M

@popmol No one can be more tough or unforgiving than a parent protecting a child.

popmol · 22-25, M

@kodiac a human lion hybrid! your point is invalid xD

DDonde · 31-35, M

People often talk about how humanity is greedy and selfish - But consider that virtually every animal is greedy and self-serving. The fact that we can recognize our own greed and selfishness and act in a way contrary to that is a uniquely human thing. Our compassion and duty that we perform to each other, consciously (not just out of instinct), is our achievement as a species. I feel that those who are misanthropic overlook it.

popmol · 22-25, M

@DDonde theres a difference between greed of animals and self serving nature and that of humans. well its both instinct, our own greed goes over that self survival and destroys more then that. however understanding our greed and selfishness and recognising it is something something unique to us, well to sentient creatures :p

so the pinnacle of our humanity is going above our instinct recognising our flaws and actively going against them even if they stem in our basic instincts?

DDonde · 31-35, M

@popmol [quote]our own greed goes over that self survival and destroys more then that[/quote]
Because we have the capacity to. If animals were smart enough, they would too. There really is nothing special about human greed, except how efficiently it's pursued.

popmol · 22-25, M

@DDonde some do if they have the opportunity, sadly it doesn't come often, also thats why we build tools we could only take so much if it was only us.

thats true we are efficient

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