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Anti-Human And Inhumanity

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5What does it mean to be human? To be categories as homo sapiens? We could look at the biological definitions of what it takes to be human, or we can look inside ourselves to find the answer. Is being human having arms, legs, being able to talk, and love? By definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the human is defined as: of, relating to, or characteristics of humans.
5If we try to understand what humanity is as a whole; we need to look at the opposite. Is the opposite anti-human? Or is it inhumanity? These types of questions could be answered in many different ways but what is the best way? By definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, Anti-Human is defined as acting or being against humanity. Inhumanity is defined as the quality or state of being cruel or barbarous.
5The anti-human definition best related to the opposite of human. The meaning of the opposite of human, an anti-human is one who does the opposite of the known defined human common sense that humans are untold and unstudied but are just understood and followed. To further investigate the interpretation of what “anti-human” and “inhumanity” convey, we must analyze the readings from the class to further understand.
5The definitions of anti-human and inhumanity both help us keep the morals and ethics of humanity in question. Inhumanity is which extremely cruelty or brutal behavior is exhibited or demonstrated to others, however, what we perceive as cruel or brutal behavior is subjective. Having this

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