There is no doubt that there is a huge difference between human and nonhuman animals. But what we are overlooking is the fact that nonhuman animals are conscious beings, that they can suffer.
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The mode of consciousness of nonhuman species is quite different from human consciousness.
There is increasing social concern about our use of nonhumans for experiments, food, clothing and entertainment. This concern about animals reflects both our own moral development as a civilization and our recognition that the differences between humans and animals are, for the most part, differences of degree and not of kind.
Our unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human.
The human body is essentially something other than an animal organism.
Man as a pure animal does not exist.
Humans like to think of themselves as unusual. We've got big brains that make it possible for us to think, and we think that we have free will and that our behavior can't be described by some mechanistic set of theorems or ideas. But even in terms of much of our behavior, we really aren't very different from other animals.
The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.
The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize.
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.
I always compare human beings to animals. It's a nice way to figure out who they are.
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