Re: Is human life more valuable than other forms of life
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Our basic presumption is that a human life is intrinsically worth more than a cow, a monkey, an elephant, or a blade of grass.
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There appears to be no evidence to support this. Certainly, there is no proof that does.
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This does not mean a human life is worthless, or that I would just as soon kill a person as an ant. But I may admit that the only reason I feel more horror at the idea of a dead human is because I am human, not because there is anything more important about being a human (which is probably why so many people can justify slavery or killing those who appear different from them).
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Just a thought to add to yours: we don’t eat other people either.
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