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Human lives in a world that is changing every second, every minute, every hour, every day, every month, every season, every year. The human condition is changing permanently, it improves and worsens, but it can’t be assumed that there is something wrong with it.
There is a famous story about an essay contest in England in 1910. The topic was “What is wrong with the world?”. One writer wrote the great entry that consisted of two words: “I am.”. According to a religious viewpoint, God created human nature or He allowed Satan to create human nature. In other words, people’s nature is God’s will. Human nature cannot be changed, even people who claim the Holy Spirit lives inside them live worldly as others whom they vilify. The religious perspective proclaims that “is” and “ought” are the same in human nature. For example, men tend to be more violent than women and God made people that way. Men fight, start wars while women are supposed to take care of children, house and stay quiet. This means that evolution separated “is” from “ought”. It was found that sexual selection forces male animals to be more “pugnacious”, males fight to be good competitors. The problem comes from the idea that religious people follow old canons and ideas, but sometimes past principles are not actual nowadays. For example, according to the Old Testament killing was a normal thing. There is a global idea of modern human suffering that is held by most Christians, Jews, and Muslims (Rice, Stanley).
The urban condition strongly impacts the human condition. The number of people living in the world’s cities has more than quintupled since 1950. There are more than 3.5 billion city dwellers, and the number is expected to surpass 6 billion by 2050. Urbanization is more than a trend, but a style of life. People’s lives and structures of societies have changed. Urbanizations adds new challenges: social isolation and environmental sustainability that impact human condition. People often experience a feeling of isolation and a lack of belonging (Samuel, Kim). Thus, a human condition changes because of the urban condition.
The modern world forces people to make a choice: to adapt to changes or ignore the achievements of mankind. The communication of people has changed. People can just launch a messenger, check the news and enjoy them. They get in touch and talk about everything. All this is combined with the social networks, in which people can talk, discuss photos, watch videos and listen to music. But the main idea is that people do not see each other. People write beautiful words and frank phrases. But what will happen when they meet?
Humans’ capacity that is ‘good’ and ‘evil’ is another paradox of the human condition. Nobody can explain condition people could barely afford to even acknowledge the subject. Everything comes from the idea that the human condition is constantly changing, people are good and bad at the same time. Humans can experience a great love, but they have an unspeakable history of brutality, rape, torture, murder and war. They destroy Earth without any reasons. The main idea is that human condition has become so competitive and brutal that people have nearly destroyed the planet (Griffith, Jeremy).
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