My last two post brought up a the topic of individuality, and responsibility. Some said that they understood the feeling of being grouped. Others said that each man was and individual. While it is true that each person is an individual, but to what extent? We all love our family, we all want success, happiness, we all have fears, and strengths. So at the core of humanity how different are we really?
Question: Are all people essentially the same?
Please post your opinions
14 comments:
c-dell- hope school is going ok. stop by when you can- it is always a pleasure but i know that you are busy.
it is funny that you should bring this up- i have been giving this much thought- more in the context of religion these days but it really can encompass more.
yes, people are all the same on the inside. people are all the same species. it's the cultures that are different. we all have eyes in the same place and we all love our families- many have pets. people are people.
we live in different areas and we have different looks and likes and religions and foods. none of those things negate the fact that we are all the same on the inside. it is too bad that we don't ever concentrate on what we have in common- only on our differences.
c-dell, thx for coming to my blog.
Naw, people aren't the same. Not all people love their families. My uncle keeps his job n pays his bills but my dad doesn't. They grew up in the same house wit the same parents. How do you explain that?
Everybody is different n judging one person for what others do isn't right. Even in the same family people are different.
I guess being individual is relative to which country and then at the core or it, the family where you have been brought up from.
I have always known that Americans advocate individuality, while in Asia, filial piety is the core.
I believe humans need one another. All humans are different, unique individuals.
To me, being individual does not mean supremacy above others, but rather, the mutual respect for one another's culture, faith and practices.
I think that at the core, we are essentially the same.
BTW...thanks for the message you left on my blog! I appreciate it. =)
I think we're the same in some ways, and different in others. At the very core though, I think we have more similarities than differences.
Wow. I see where you are going with this. On one level, yes, we are all the same--flesh and blood, born of woman, created with sperm and egg, endowed (my belief) with body, soul and spirit. We may come from different racial or ethnic cultural backgrounds that may lead us to understand life uniquely; one may be more spatially orientated while another leans toward language. Differences do arise, but they do not define what is our essence, which is being a member of the human race. I don't click with everyone on the planet, but it is rarely because of race, religion or politics. To me, that creates superficial caregories. I connect with kindred--one has to look beyond markings to see the person within. So yes, we essentially are the same.
I think we are. There may be a lot of fronting going on but like I tell my kids thats just a front. They are just like you and I.
hey....i guess each individual distingushes himself or herself based on the degree of how much he or she loves, fears, succeeds, enjoys, gains, looses n so on....after all even when the basic needs and wants of every human is the same...how much each one wants is truly undeterminable...n that shapes up your individuality differing it from other....giving each one a differnet goal, ambition and identity.
Cheers!
C-dell, left a few in past posts wishing you good luck, not that you needed it. Thought you had finals last week.
You will do fine. No worries.
On your topic.
All are born equal. After that, well things change. But then to expect that all people are equal, is unrealistic. It has been like this since the beginning of time, and will continue on so until this planet burns in the suns dying red flares.
There is no Utopia.
Like I said, I always read; when I can I post.
I try to read all those that post here as well. You have managed to get a good collection of people here.
Take care brother
-T
Hey C-dell! I hope you're doing well!
Peace & Love!
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Since family is the most important thing in life, the answer (IMO) is no.
Look at how duh-bya's twins were raised (and how they act today) as opposed to John Kerry's children. Night & Day. Good & Evil.
That's the public example. There's plenty of private observations.
Perhaps the best answer is paradoxical, requiring the thinker to hold an incongruity as truth. We are simultaneously identical and diverse.
The argument of individualism, however, is fraught with problems. Since we live in systems of interdependence, we cannot, in good conscience, say that the individual is completely responsible for her or his identity....after all, we belong to groups (family, professional, vocational, avocational, culture, demographic, you name it), even though we experience life as singular entities. Group dynamics often trump personal beliefs and behaviors, because that is the nature of mankind.
I really like when people are expressing their opinion and thought. So I like the way you are writing
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