Essays on Humanism

What Makes You Human? The concept of being “human” is one of convoluted nature. To be human means standing apart from animals, even though we possess many of the same characteristics. However, the aspect that allows us to separate ourselves is the consciousness. Our mental...

In preparation of writing this essay I decided to look up the definition of “posthumanism” in the Oxford English dictionary, which, interestingly enough, provides two separate definitions, depending on how you write it. The first one, where it’s written as “posthumanism” states that humanity can...

What is humanism? Before proceeding to examine humanistic approach or humanism, it is important to know that the discipline above was developed by geographers such as Yi-Fu Tuan (1974), Anne Buttimer (1976) and Edward Relph (1976, 1981, 1993) who since the 19th century arte referred...

Renaissance Humanism has its roots in classical antiquity and has profoundly influenced western society and architecture. Present an evidenced argument either for or against a revival of humanist ideals in the 21st century. PNumber: P17191909 Session 2017/18 STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY I confirm by submitting this...

In the beginning of the 21th century, humanity is entering a new stage of its development, when the scenarios of technological improvement of human nature cease to look fantastic. Initially, the creation of new biomedical technologies was aimed at the correction of certain disease states...

The U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights were greatly influenced by Classical Republicanism and the Natural Right Philosophy. The founding fathers referred to Classical Republicanism greatly in the making of the U.S. Constitution. The country we are today today is due largely to the...

In the mid-to-late, 1900’s psychology was not a new thing, as it had been around for years by that point in time. During this time period many new ideas had been popping up and one such came from a young inspirational man named Abraham Maslow....

Hamlet is truly one of the most famous tragedies of world theater history. Hamlet kicked off the period of Shakespeare’s tragic writing, which is his most profound historical psychological play. The work reflects the spirit of the era with the crisis and deadlock of the...

I would emphasize humanistic theories and principles if I were responsible for redesigning the educational environment. The Humanistic approach studies the whole person, and the uniqueness of each individual. It assumes people are basically good and have an innate need to make themselves and the...

In Graham Greene’s dynamic novel The Power and the Glory, we follow the Whiskey Priest throughout his harrowing journey as he runs for his life, avoiding capture and death at the hands of the Lieutenant. This novel shows the development of the priest as he...