The boundaries of humanity are the ideas that trace out the very limits of what we call human, together with the attendant values, duties, and categories. To understand these better, we first need to scrutinize the two underlying concepts: the notion of boundary and the notion of a human being.

Our thoughts, when unmolded by words, can take the form of images. We may find it hard to discuss such weighty issues as “evil” or “violence” verbally, but artists can help us shed new light on these concepts and thus to better understand the world around us.