Shame on Human Race

 Shame is consciousness of guilt.  Guilt is inner acknowledgment of wrongdoing.  Shame is a personal thing, felt by individuals.  Shame arises when faced with proof of misconduct.  Proposition - every human being is ashamed sometime.  The way to prove this is by asking people, "have you ever felt ashamed?"  Then, keep track of the responses and do a statistical evaluation.  

If 90% or more of people answer above question in affirmative, it is proper to debit humanity as a whole as shameful.  Beside guilt and shame, there is also good and gladness in humankind.  Shame does not prevent good, but does limit good.  It's bad that we are not wholly good.  

What do you think about moral categories, good and evil?  Are they important and necessary?     

Daguerreotype, John Brown, American abolitionist, 1856

John Brown, radical Christian anti-slavery activist, raided U.S. arsenal, Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in October, 1859, taking control.  He was captured by Army Colonel Robert E. Lee and executed in December that year.  Was this man good or evil or a mix?  

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More on John Brown at VCU Social Welfare History Project.