Basic Human Needs

Human has basic needs, and that's what makes us human. Throughout human history, there had been theories developed to identify what do human requires to sustain. Maslow's hierarchy of needs is one of the most basic theories out there that shows us what we need. Another theory, which was developed by Rosenberg, increased the basic needs for a human being to survive and have a nourished life.

Rosenberg's hierarchy of needs

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

ISIS's insurgent in Iraq is made up of people who hold a conviction that they have religious control over all Muslims across the globe. It is a self-proclaimed of religious belief. They do not feel that they have self-fulfillment needs in religion so they started pandemonium to reach their needs. From Maslow's tower, we could see that it's at the top of what human beings need, and on Rosenberg's tower, spiritual communion as in religion is a necessity for people in ISIS. It is human to aspire for that level, but to abuse that need to terrorize others is fallacious. Their "needs" do not justify for the horrendous actions that they have done. We crave for what we do not have, but there are always limits to it. War is the last resolution that one could think of to resolve any problem. The world that we now live in aims at a glove with little conflict and focus on augmenting the economy and technological advance. Compromise to regain peace and extend the society's life, for the children and generations after.