Humanities course
Humanities subjects often ask interpretive
questions about how or why humans create
meaning through their actions, thoughts, and
creations. Humanities subjects aim to explore the
values, beliefs, ideas, and expressions that shape
and reflect the human experience.
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1. Are we losing our humanity?
Obviously, we cannot physically cut our souls out of
our bodies, but is it possible that we might we be
“losing” them just the same, and entering the
territory of a data-like person? Simon Ortiz, Regents’
Professor of English and an Indigenous poet of
Acoma Pueblo heritage, says not necessarily. “We’re
not losing our humanity. We, as humans, get or act
stupid, irresponsible, neglectful and such, but
unfortunately that's part of being human,”
Humanities subjects often ask interpretive
questions about how or why humans create
meaning through their actions, thoughts, and
creations. Humanities subjects aim to explore the
values, beliefs, ideas, and expressions that shape
and reflect the human experience.
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1. Are we losing our humanity?
Obviously, we cannot physically cut our souls out of
our bodies, but is it possible that we might we be
“losing” them just the same, and entering the
territory of a data-like person? Simon Ortiz, Regents’
Professor of English and an Indigenous poet of
Acoma Pueblo heritage, says not necessarily. “We’re
not losing our humanity. We, as humans, get or act
stupid, irresponsible, neglectful and such, but
unfortunately that's part of being human,”
