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What does it mean to be human? The question may seem simple, but the major historical world religions have answered it in a surprising variety of ways. In the west, one’s humanity is a simple biological fact, and a vision of individual autonomy leaves one free to find one’s own place in the world. But in the east, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism provide very different answers. All these visions have implications for the proper way to live one’s life and relate to other peoples and to the world of nature.
