As Reasonable Minds Differ, People Die
What is it to be human? Is it a state of being defined by characteristics not shared by other animals or by machines? But, at what point do we turn into a machine and cease to be human? Or, is it rather the products of our humanist, i.e., institutions that cease to possess the essence of human existence?
It may be that I ask these questions because I’m confusing “human” with “person.” As a person, I am a moral agent possessing an intelligent energy matrix able to generate mental states capable of introspection. Therefore, when the acts of human persons become non-human, I can only conclude that they are “primitive”. Such is the state of immigration enforcement today – primitive. As an example, I share this NY Times editorial, titled, “Mr. Ng’s Death”.
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