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OBJECTIVITY
THE MAIN PROBLEM HUMANITY WILL FACE IN DEALING WITH ISSUES RELATING TO THE WELFARE OF THE HUMAN SPECIES IS THEIR INABILITY TO VIEW ALL OF HUMANITY IN AN OBJECTIVE MANNER. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO VIEW OUR SELVES OBJECTIVELY BECAUSE ISSUES RELATING TO THE SPECIES SURVIVAL ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR OWN WELL BEING AND SURVIVAL AS WELL.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THEN TO WORK HARD AT FINDING THE MOST COMMON PERCEPTIONS OF HUMANITY. THIS PROCESS CAN BE HELPED FURTHER BY POSING FEW QUESTIONS, RELATING TO ALL HUMANS, SUCH AS:
1- WHAT ARE THE ESSENTIAL NEEDS OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS?
2- WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN BEINGS?
3- ARE THERE ANY UNIVERSAL BELIEFS FOR HUMANS?
4- WHAT ARE THE MAJOR SPIRITUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HUMAN SOCIETIES?
RESEARCHING THE ANSWERS TO THESE AND SIMILAR QUESTION IS THE FIRST STEP IN DECIDING ON A METHOD TO PERCEIVE OBJECTIVE REALITY. ANY LABEL OF OBJECTIVITY MUST RELATE TO ALL OF HUMANITY, OTHERWISE THE PERCEPTION OF OBJECTIVITY WILL RELATE ONLY TO A SEGMENT OF HUMANITY, WHICH MAKES IT OF COURSE SUBJECTIVE, AND POSSIBLY SELF SERVING AND UNFAIR.
Love and Peace
Nabil
THE MAIN PROBLEM HUMANITY WILL FACE IN DEALING WITH ISSUES RELATING TO THE WELFARE OF THE HUMAN SPECIES IS THEIR INABILITY TO VIEW ALL OF HUMANITY IN AN OBJECTIVE MANNER. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO VIEW OUR SELVES OBJECTIVELY BECAUSE ISSUES RELATING TO THE SPECIES SURVIVAL ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR OWN WELL BEING AND SURVIVAL AS WELL.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THEN TO WORK HARD AT FINDING THE MOST COMMON PERCEPTIONS OF HUMANITY. THIS PROCESS CAN BE HELPED FURTHER BY POSING FEW QUESTIONS, RELATING TO ALL HUMANS, SUCH AS:
1- WHAT ARE THE ESSENTIAL NEEDS OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS?
2- WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN BEINGS?
3- ARE THERE ANY UNIVERSAL BELIEFS FOR HUMANS?
4- WHAT ARE THE MAJOR SPIRITUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HUMAN SOCIETIES?
RESEARCHING THE ANSWERS TO THESE AND SIMILAR QUESTION IS THE FIRST STEP IN DECIDING ON A METHOD TO PERCEIVE OBJECTIVE REALITY. ANY LABEL OF OBJECTIVITY MUST RELATE TO ALL OF HUMANITY, OTHERWISE THE PERCEPTION OF OBJECTIVITY WILL RELATE ONLY TO A SEGMENT OF HUMANITY, WHICH MAKES IT OF COURSE SUBJECTIVE, AND POSSIBLY SELF SERVING AND UNFAIR.
Love and Peace
Nabil
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