llamatron Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 To me having the idea that you are better than another creature just because you are human automatically puts you below them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 So you're view is that being one thing automatically makes you better than another. My view is that humans have a greater intrinsic value than other animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatron Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 My view is that humans have a greater intrinsic value than other animals. why is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 To me having the idea that you are better than another creature just because you are human automatically puts you below them. That's plainly absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatron Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 That's plainly absurd. no it isn't its plainly reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 why is that? Because they're capable of producing art and literature and music. They have the capacity to love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerrangaroo Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 My view is that humans have a greater intrinsic value than other animals. You're only saying what you said before but with more words, being a human is enough; in your mind to say that you are better than any other animal and yet you are no more needed on this planet than anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatron Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Because they're capable of producing art and literature and music. They have the capacity to love. Animals love and produce art and music, chimps can type but I don't think that counts as literature. They also dance, use tools and they can count. I don't know why that would make humans more valuable though:huh: I accept that you have a different opinion to mine but if you don't have facts to back it up it is just another opinion. The more behavioural research we do the more proofs we are getting that animals are just like us. The research is not going the other way! If I can't paint or write does that make me worth less? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerrangaroo Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Because they're capable of producing art and literature and music. They have the capacity to love. These are abiities that animals may or may not be able to do. If this is the basis of your argument then there are many animals that can do things that we cannot so does that not make them better than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 In what way are we better, what is better? Humans are far more intelligent than all animals. We have built cities, created languages, worked out how to repair ourselves, flown to the moon, explored deep space. All cats do is use my garden as a toilet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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