What Is Excellence?

Abstract

Having debunked the racist argument that humans can be divided and ranked into biologically distinguishable groups, we are now in a position to return to Prof. Smith’s original question, “What is excellence?” Troughout this discussion, we have repeatedly demonstrated that humans are all equal. Not identical, but equal. Because all humans are biologically equal it would be nonsensical to argue that human excellence is a biologically-determined phenomenon. Instead, we have demonstrated that, for humans, biology is merely a starting point. It is the extraordinary achievements that humans strive to accomplish affer their biological cards have been dealt, whether favorable or unfavorable, that offers the truest measure of excellence.