We should draw lines, otherwise we will have to stop eating animals and plants (why value life that has a nervous system over that which doesn't?). Human life/human interest should always rise above that of other animals, otherwise human-life will end (animals are afraid of humans because we kill them, if we stop they will start killing us). Human life is very unique in the world, no other creature has even close to the intellectual capacity of a human. Intelligence should be what we value as a species, and in this realm we are the greatest on this planet. We should not worry about the well-being of nonhuman life unless doing so is beneficial to human life. If we stop valuing life based on intelligence/potential, then we will be in a lot of trouble (a person will get life in prison for stepping on a grasshopper).
Monday, March 28, 2011
Atheist Richard Dawkins: Scientific Thinking And Moral Philosophy
We should draw lines, otherwise we will have to stop eating animals and plants (why value life that has a nervous system over that which doesn't?). Human life/human interest should always rise above that of other animals, otherwise human-life will end (animals are afraid of humans because we kill them, if we stop they will start killing us). Human life is very unique in the world, no other creature has even close to the intellectual capacity of a human. Intelligence should be what we value as a species, and in this realm we are the greatest on this planet. We should not worry about the well-being of nonhuman life unless doing so is beneficial to human life. If we stop valuing life based on intelligence/potential, then we will be in a lot of trouble (a person will get life in prison for stepping on a grasshopper).
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