Definition Essay On Loss Of Humanity

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Dean Koontz once said “The most identifying trait of humanity is our ability to be inhumane to one another”. The lack of empathy and the lack of humanity is what has allowed humans to be such a destructive, self centered society. The need for dominance is what makes us such a psychopathic, power crazed species. The hatred for humanity is something that fuels the same humanity that is being hated against.
The selfishness has made a world that lacks humanity; a world that lacks compassion and empathy for others. The society has been based on psychopathic values that rewards hatred and spreads it. What makes a human is the social conditioning of a war obsessed species. A conditioning which takes away true happiness and replaces it with a mask.
Humanity is fueled by war and destruction. It is what defines humanity and defines “human”. …show more content…

We break boundaries to destroy. We control the power over life or death for all creatures. We continue to oppress other species and even our own. Through history we have nearly forced humanity into extinction by our own means with war causing mass destruction and a loss of millions of human lives.Humanity has been fighting for generations. Throughout history we have made advances to bring destruction instead of stopping it we display and reward those who lack of values. In 1946, millions of people were murdered for their beliefs. We might have morals but we contradict them with murder punishable by death. Someone might say love and compassion is what makes a person human, but humanity is more than just good deeds and emotion. It is having no one there for you when you really need it, being human is feeling alone, being human is never being good enough. Humanity is more than just emotions humanity is a will for survival and a craving for destruction. In webster dictionary humanity is defined as the human race; human beings

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