Ubuntu is a traditional African philosophy. Ubuntu literally means humanness or humanity to others.It helps give us an understanding of ourselves in relation with the world around us. It states how theres a special bond between everyone, and our interaction between other human beings helps us to discover our own human qualities. "We affirm our humanity when we acknowledge that of others." To me this means that you don't fully understand certain human qualities unless you yourself go through them and then you also see someone with the same experience. I can see others qualites and compare them to mine and see how they are the same and how they differ. It shows me how we all can share the same qualities. People may be completely different but we are all linked together because we all feel and go through some of the same things. This video relates to Jeremy Rifkins video on "the empathic civilization". Rifkin's video is about how we are all different in many ways but we all come from one man and one woman. We are all linked together, this is just like Ubuntu because Ubuntu says theres a special bond between everyone. Both Ubuntu and Rifkins video are about how we all need to work together to bring out the good in society. These things fit in with what were doing in this unit as a class. These things make me wonder, what will happen if we actually abide by what they are saying? Will the world will be a better place? Will humans learn to be kind and caring or will we still carry on with being selfish and not caring about anything other than yourself?
-How does it fit in with what you want to learn about in this unit?
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