Social Beings
Humans are individual beings as well as social beings. As an individual creature, he has a unique character that differs from one another, even if he is a clone, with his free mind and will. And as a social being he needs another human being, needs a group in its minimal form, which recognizes its existence, and in its maximum form a group on which he can depend.
As social beings, humans cannot live alone. Humans need togetherness in their lives. All of that is in the context of mutual giving and mutual benefit. Rich people cannot live without poor people who are their servants, employees, drivers, and so on.
Likewise, the poor cannot live without the rich who employ and pay them. Aristotle categorizes humans into the "Zoon Politicon" which means humans are creatures who want to always hang out and gather. So humans are social creatures. Because of the nature of socializing and socializing, humans are known as social creatures.
He said that humans are social creatures not intending to emphasize the idea of human obligation to socialize with each other, but the idea of social beings primarily intends to point directly to the perfection of human identity and identity.
Humans always adapt to new circumstances around them. Human existence is very real, very different from other creatures. As in reality, humans are creatures that walk on two legs and have the ability to think.
While thinking itself is the basic nature of humans that determines the nature of humans themselves and distinguishes them from other creatures. Humans also have works that they produce so that they are different from other creatures.
The results of human work can be seen in historical settings and psychological, geographical, emotional and intellectual situations that underlie their work. From the work made by humans, making him a creature that creates history.
Because social is the way humans relate to each other in various activities, then along with the development of human culture, social nature also develops along with the development of institutions that arise based on goals or activities that have been mutually agreed upon by them.
Humans act as individual beings and social beings who can be distinguished through their rights and obligations. But the two cannot be separated because humans are part of society. Human relations as individuals with society are interwoven in harmony, harmony, and balance.
Therefore, the dignity and worth of each individual is fully recognized in achieving mutual happiness. Society is a place for individuals to hold social interaction and social interrelation. Interaction is a reciprocal activity between individuals in an association living together.
The intended interaction proceeds according to the mental and physical development of each human being and according to the time, starting from non-formal interactions such as making friends and socializing to formal interactions such as organizing, and others.
Living together exists naturally because each individual wants it. Each person wants it because he is aware that his perfection is only achieved through his togetherness with other humans. Living together exists in the first place to fulfill the will and purpose of each human person in order to perfect himself.
A person who declares himself to be a believer should always present, present goodness in the community. If every believer is diligent in doing this, then the social order that social scientists aspire to will surely be materialized. Hopefully. Amen.
