Is it Human to be Inhuman?

Answer 1

Regrettably, yes. Look at Nazi Germany, Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, Argentina under the junta, to name but a few recent examples.

Answer 2

I think it's becoming more human to be inhuman as we are becoming more desensitized to the inhuman things we see, read about and hear about everyday and it is becoming part of our daily lives. It's how we talk to one another and treat each other, the programs we watch... When a group of people is injured, massacred, or harmed in some way, the whole nation stands still as it's not something that happens every day and we feel it. When and individual is injured, massacred or harmed in some way, it's sad but just another another day and another story on the news (all too frequently); just another daily event and we become immune to any real impact from it.

Answer 3

For humans to be inhuman, (behave inhumanely), the four primary factors are: Born with psychological disorders; severely inhumane environment from an early age; "mob" mentality (joiners); conscious/deliberate choice.
I wouldn't dream of speculating on shifting statistics as to the % of any of the factors above, or, if more or less humans are inhumane.

Edit: EXCELLENT (in context) quote from psyengine: "What is human can at the same time be either 'human' or 'inhuman'"

Answer 4

It's very human to want to be inhuman, and to behave in inhuman mannner. But once born there is no revoking your humanity, no matter what horrendous/strange/freakish things you do, no matter what boundaries you think you break through, you're just adding more to the list of abilities/behaviors of human. If a human has done it then it is human.

See, the only suitable definition for human I can find is homo sapien. Once you've been labelled thus, how can you rebel?

Answer 5

http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/bublitz.htm

'Nature engenders nature, and nature only, in its reproduction and in its life. The rose brings forth more roses, never anything ‘unnatural’ or ‘unrose-like’. The human being creates humanity, but with this difference: what is human can at the same time be either ‘human’ or ‘inhuman’. The results of human action range from creations which fill our hearts and souls with lasting strength and delight, to crimes whose shame no atonement can wipe off the face of the earth.'

Ute Bublitz (1998)

Beyond Philosophy
Reconciliation and Rejection
Three Essays on Aristotle and Hegel

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The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative.

Answer 6

What we call inhumanity is all too human. We should strive to be more than merely human. Rather than "inhuman" the basest in us should be called "ur-human."

Answer 7

May be....When Humanity loses its Feeling/morality...then its easy to be inhuman.

Answer 8

I personally do not think so, but history shows different. Is it human yo eat animals when we can survive off vegetables? Some would say yes some would say no. Is it human to kill in war over stupid differences? I think not, so I guess everyone will answer this differently.

Answer 9

i am inhuman and like it that way not that it has anything to do with your ? but i just thought you might want to know

Answer 10

Yes.