STRUCTURING TO

SUPPORT EMERGING
HUMANITY

DISCUSSANT:
JONNA V. BAJANDE
BEED 3-3
With the emerge of human
consciousness, people have made a
break with their animal past and have
entered the process of becoming fully
human. They are not yet fully human,
but they are in the process of becoming
fully human persons. They are now
mutable selves, according to Zurcher.
Modern human consciousness began
with the development of an internal
mind space, a wedge between
command and animal like obedience.
This space allowed people to reflect
on the authority they existed under
in controlling hierarchies.
The self, in its origin, become a reflective,
questioning and deciding entity at its very
core. It would continue to develop toward
human person-hood and to be truly
human it would need to exercise self
determination and self control over its
own destiny.
Any control or commanding of the
human self seriously violates of the
essential nature of human person.
To treat a person in such a manner is
dehumanizing the extreme and
destructive to that person
development.
One of the most important elements in
the track with dominating animal drivers,
instincts, was the break with animal
relating.
The emerging human self would emerge
out this break and for the first time in
history begin to demand a radically new
horizontal oriental orientation in relating
with others.
It is becoming clear that the free and non-
commandable nature of the self now argues
for more egalitarian process of decision
making.
Token participation by lower strata people in
state and corporate decision making process is
not sufficient to provide the personal
responsibility that is necessary for full human
development.
A variety of reform efforts have been
tried in the past century. These
endeavors at horizontal human
organizing or relating have been made,
for instance in work places.
These reform programs have tried to
change archaic vertical hierarchies into
more open and humane organizations.
What is necessary for the successful
implementation of truly humane forms of
relating is more movement toward citizen
control end of Sherry Arnstein’s ladder
control.
This is where citizens take fully control of
vital programs and decision making
process affecting their lives.
Vertical control by superiors, whether by
humans or by gods, has absolutely no
place in human existence.
Human beings also require unhindered
freedom in all their relationship in order
to respond spontaneously to the
inspiring example of other people.
They need an environment or systems
of organizing which encourage this free
response.
Thank You 