There's a long tradition in Western thought that humans are not shackled by biology, whereas animals are pure instinct machines.
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Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.
I don't believe that we evolved moral psychology; it just doesn't seem plausible to me as a biological phenomenon.
We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.
We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
Our unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human.
The main point for me is moral; animals are sentient beings. I know for some this is a hard argument to accept, but we're not built to eat a lot of meat.
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.
The Bible tries to make humans not animals the whole time. I think it's a bit of a mistake.
Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals.
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