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"Highest form of humanity"

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I just listened to a eulogy for Riley Howell who ran at the gunman in the recent UNC Charlotte shooting and knocked him off his feet: something that eventually helped police arrest the suspect and probably saved lives.

"What he did was the highest form of humanity."

Is that true to your way of thinking?

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"There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends". John 15:13

Is it the "highest form of humanity" though?

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@fmf said
"There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends". John 15:13

Is it the "highest form of humanity" though?
The "highest form of humanity" is a rather elusive term, so I couldn't say for sure.

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@mchill said
The "highest form of humanity" is a rather elusive term, so I couldn't say for sure.
Elusive things make for good cud chewing.

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@fmf said
"There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends". John 15:13

Is it the "highest form of humanity" though?
Definitely. It is the one thing that qualifies someone for the Kingdom of God.

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@fmf said
I just listened to a eulogy for Riley Howell who ran at the gunman in the recent UNC Charlotte shooting and knocked him off his feet: something that eventually helped police arrest the suspect and probably saved lives.

"What he did was the highest form of humanity."

Is that true to your way of thinking?
A "higher" form of humanity is that which causes the citizen to risk his own life, to stop the execution of the killer.