The Argument Essay: The Dehumanization Of Free Will

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If a man lacks the free will to choose his destiny, he ceases to be a man. Any philosophical implication that is in direct contradiction to the prior statement also must contradict the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of a human. This definition states that a human is "susceptible to or representative of the sympathies and frailties of human nature." In conclusion, when a man is stripped of these attributions he becomes something other than human—this is known as dehumanization, which has been a prominent political and social issue in even the earliest recorded historical records. There have been many incidents in human history where free will was not distributed to a certain race or ethnic group, and in a multitude of those situations, they became dehumanized by the majority. One of the most known examples of this would be Nazi Germany, where about fifteen-million people were killed because they were not viewed as human. This idea was brought upon by the governmental system in Germany. Never should the government have the right to take away the free will of a human being. However, they should use correction when that free will is imposed upon another human …show more content…

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