>I disagree that human beings are all basically the same. In a completely
>abstract way, this is true - but we don't share meaning of what being human
>means. For instance, the "reality" of a Buddhist monk is quite different
>from
>that of an evangelical or a dialectical materialist.
Isn't the difference between reactions to the _same reality_ what distinguish individuals and groups? And humans are reactionary like less selfconscious life forms. Hungry -> eat {vegan/flesh/human]? Perhaps that's a basic similarity.
Martin