People
It is the ability to choose which makes us human.
— Madeleine L'Engle · Walking on Water
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Being human, the author says, comes down to the ability to choose. It isn't strength, intelligence or instinct that defines us but the capacity to pick one path over another, which places responsibility and freedom at the centre of what a person is.
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