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Some philosophers, such as Immanuel Kant, believed that humans had a natural predisposition for evil. The above is a cartoon deception of animal cruelty an extremely heinous act.

While I previously mentioned the horrible things humans I always described it as dehumanizing. In other words, it is the opposite of humanity. However, there are those that believe it is a part of every human or in other words a part of humanity.
Poe visits this idea The Black Cat where the narrator commits a terrible act becuase it is terrible

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Humanity is often used to refer to those traits which we value highly in our society. One of the aforementioned traits is the ability one has to care or empathize for others. When thinking about this idea of selflessness I went to the act of giving away material things.

The Irish boys by the dock in Douglass' narrative are a good example of this ability to care for another. Douglass describes them as being genuinely sad for him when they learn he is to be a slave for life. They treat him  as a friend and help him learn to read.

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This picture represents the gradual dehumanization of humanity. In describing what characteristics make the members of humanity it is important to note what it means to take those away from a member of humanity.

When I thought about the loss of humanity I described how it is sometimes viewed as becoming a monster without thinking about how it is put into practice.
Dehumanization was an important topic of discussion within the literature we read this semester that touched on slavery.

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If you were to ask an individual to define humanity you would likely have varying answers from each person, similar to a Rorschach painting. My first attempt at this assignment was comprised of several thoughts I had while thinking about humanity and what it means to be human. An important thing to keep in mind is that with a concept as vague as humanity, many people will have different definitions of it. My thinking about the vagueness of it as a concept came from how the authors or their characters individualized ideas on humanity.

-Underhill focused on the freedom of thought,
-Douglass described his regaining of masculinity and his gaining the ability of expression
-Baglioni believes that Beatrice must be devious because she is poisonus

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Humanity, in a literal sense, is the sum of our species. It encompasses all of mankind is used to refer to us as a collective.

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In science there are no segregating factors such as religion or politics, to be human is to be a homo sapien. We all evolved from our common ancestor into our common species.

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If we we know that to be human is to make mistakes, to be charitable and to be kind; then what are we without it. To many the loss of humanity is to become a monster.

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"To err is human" This partial quote by Alexander Pope is often used to reassure individuals that we all make mistakes, and that it is simply human nature.

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Some people may define humanity as ones' ability to be selfless. This characteristic is most associated with charity or the act of giving to those less fortunate than one's self.

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In the picture we see Humpty Dumpty put back together after having been shattered. Dehumanization tears someone apart and dehumanization puts them back together. Originally I only thought how humanity is lost and not how one could regain it.

Rehumanization is the process of regaining once lost humanity. One example of this is in Harriet Jacob's memoir where she addresses his inability to prevent her master from  raping her. Jacob's regained control of body by choosing when and with whom she had a child with.

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The picture shows a group of men and women who exist in a community. A community is a group of people who help one another and provide a sense of belonging to an individual. Humanity has always had a propensity to seek out connections with other human beings.

Within Frederick Douglass' memoir is where I found the importance of community. Douglass emphasizes the idea of belonging when he describes how without a sense of fellowship the slave children fought among themselves for food rather than sharing.