Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11973
ON BEING HUMAN
In: Political theory: an international journal of political philosophy, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 186-202
ISSN: 0090-5917
TO BE HUMAN IS TO HAVE THE CHOICE TO ACT AMBIGUOUSLY. TO BE ABLE TO DELIBERATELY ACT AMBIGUOUSLY IS TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN LIFE AND TO GIVE IT PURPOSE. MUCH OF CONTEMPORARY EXISTENCE ON THIS PLANET CONSISTS OF ELIMINATING AMBIGUOUS ACTION AND PEOPLE ALONG WITH THEM. INSOFAR AS THIS PROCESS AS THIS PROCESS CONTINUES UNCHECKED, THE CHANCES FOR SUSTAINING PURPOSEFUL LIFE DIMINISH.