Animal morality: are humans merely animals?

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Animal morality: are humans merely animals?

08-19-2004, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by EÃ¤rniel

It may have been our [human] ancesters that wiped out the mammoth. But we still remember and care. If it had been the other way around, the mammoth wouldn't have been sorry for us.

That's a good thought, EÃ¤rniel. I like that. I think humans have a capacity to treasure good things, and mourn their loss, that animals don't have.

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