As the German philosopher Georg Hegel believed, human history is characterized by the evolution towards greater freedom, rationality and understanding. Faith in humanity is the idea that human beings have positive potential and can continue to improve and grow toward more enlightened, caring, peaceful, and educated societies. However, a growing trend is challenging this idea and dominating social media as well as everyday conversations. With all the evil happening in the world and what seems to be the fall of morality, people are beginning to lose faith in humanity. Although there seems to be an increasing amount of tragedy, ignorance, and evil in the world, lack of faith in humanity could lead to cynicism, which could lead to our ultimate downfall. To avoid this, people must recognize the selflessness of humanity and never lose the faith they have. On December 14, 2012, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, Adam Lanza, 20, shot and killed 20 children, ages 6 and 7, and six adults, school staff and teachers, before turning the gun on himself. The final toll was 28 dead, including the shooter. On July 20, 2012, twelve people were killed and 58 others were injured in a shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, where the new Batman film was being shown. The shooter, wearing head-to-toe tactical protective gear, triggered two devices before spraying the scene with bullets from an AR-15 rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and at least one of the two .40 caliber handguns. the police responded to the scene. On April 15, 2013, two pressure cooker bombs exploded during the Boston Marathon at 2:49 p.m. EDT, killing 3 people and injuring approximately 264 others. The FBI has taken over... middle of newspaper ...... $2 million tribute in aid to Colorado shooting victims. July 26, 2012. April 30, 2014. .Hume, David and PJR Millican. An investigation into human understanding. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Print. Ojalvo, Holly. What era would you have liked to live in? May 18, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2014. .Seligman, Martin. "Evil vs. Madness: What's in the Minds of Mass Murderers?" “We have a hard time defining what happened at Sandy Hook.” Washington DC: The Washington Post, January 4, 2013. Print. Stangroom, Jeremy and James Garvey. The great philosophers. New York: Arcturus Publishing Limited, 2005. Print.