We may dedicate our lives to the creation of things which better the quality of life - through invention, science or art, or by promulgating ideas of a visionary nature, advancing the human race to the next level by the sheer magnitude of their power and importance. We might be a teacher who is truly inspiring his or her students to realize their full potential, or we might be a Ghandi, Einstein, Shakespeare, or Beethoven who influenced untold millions of lives, or none, as the case may be. The fact of the matter is that Humanity as a whole is, has always been, and probably always will be, in a stage of evolution up the evolutionary ladder from apeman to spaceman. We have never been a conscious race of human beings. Yes, there have been isolated moments of high civilizations where we attained a higher degree of learning and civility, but every one of those civilizations as paid for through slavery, injustice and tyranny.
Injustice stalks the Earth each and every moment throughout Earth s days.
Yes, murder is the ultimate deprivation of human rights and it has become the province of Man s power to wield it in gigantic forces through war. We can take a fine, upstart human being, conscript them into a military machine, and in a few weeks, give that person a weapon, and transform them from a peaceful person into a killer who jumps for joy when killing the enemy. Then we kill, kill, kill. And we can high-five ourselves, whistling with joy. And yet, once that soldier has returned to civilian life, we will place him or her in prison for murder and make them a pariah.