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Question: What defines you as a human being!?
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Humanity is better defined by the qualities that befit the superior beings rather than any physical factors like walking upright or religious assumptions like God made us in his own image etc!. etc!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. these human qualities comprise the ability to move oneself into another's shoes to realize the other's feelings and mend one's own actions in such a way as to cause the least damage, stress or grief to the other!. Anyone who does not have this capability is not worthy of being human!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i suppose a human being is defined mostly by their ability to have consciousness !? to think!.!. i mean we can separate right from wrong and judge a situation!. granted we don't know whether we r the only ones with that ability, but since we r the more dominant species on earth!.!.!.or something like that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I define myself as a human being as being bi-pedal,able to communicate with other people by talking in languages,and able to do most tasks,other than other bings on Earth!.

and also,destroying othr animals' home :(Www@QuestionHome@Com

This sounds like a question on a test for your Philosophy 101 test!. Are you trying to cheat!? What defines me as a human being is how I am, and how I differ!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The fact that I don't give off a horrible odour like many animals eventually do!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The fact that God made me in His image!. No other creature on earth can claim that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

um!.
I think we can walk upright, we have organized languages, and we're smarter than other animals (well, most of us)Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think, Therefore I am!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I am NOT, I am in-human!.Www@QuestionHome@Com