Being Human II

Harvard HKS

To realize the promise of democracy we must learn to value ourselves and others as fully and equally human. But this belief is under serious assault today. Economic systems turn us into profit centers, political systems turn us into data points, communications systems turn us into users, even as relationships are replaced by transactions. One way we dehumanize others - individuals, communities and whole populations - is to label them as “less than” based on race, gender, class,…