What happens if we do not think in human terms?

As a student that is taking up International Studies I was acquainted with the term Realism since my first year. According to the lectures and books that I have read realists are state-centric, thus, they are only concerned with what is happening and what can happen to the state. Although, after following such a school of thought people learned that there can be others, thus, the birth of other schools of thought like Liberalism. Since then people became more and more concern with people rather than just the state. We are now living in a world where the main concern is humans. The government of each state are now thinking and acting having in mind the welfare and future of humans. One good example is the history of security studies where in the past the focus is very narrow wherein only the state is the main concern while nowadays it is becoming wide wherein human welfare is a big concern.

If we do not think in human terms man will suffer a lot. It is because to think in human terms is to have a care for everything that the human encounter, a great example of that is the environment. In our world nowadays globalization is the bond that keeps us united and dependent with each other. What if we do not think in human terms in the globalization process? If we do not I see our planet becoming a big dump site of trash and human living will become unbearable. When we do not think in human terms we will disregard our environment. The industrialization era is a great example for what can happen to us. That era brought us high buildings, faster transportation, and it might even be the dawn of globalization but at what expense? The expense is the destruction of forest and the very hot issue of global warming. It is not wrong to be progressive but as I see it the way we progress have a lot of consequences for us and the future generation.

We need to start bringing back the habit of thinking in human terms. These days there are a lot of activities and advocacies dedicated for saving what is left in our planet. It is a good start but those advocacies need more people and power to push trough their plan, they need countries like America and many others more. Although, sadly, such powerful countries are one of the hindrances why environmental advocacies are hard to push through. We should start caring for our environment now. In this era of globalization we do not see clearly but the thing that being hurt the most is the environment and so we need to help the environment.

- Danna Olaya, 10721002

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