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Dec 10, 2011 12:23:29 AM
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This is a good question, since humans are, in essence, no different from animals themselves. Narcissism aside, the human being has a higher degree of intelligence perhaps, but it does not give them the moral right to treat animals as they do. Domestication, for example, is literally treated as livestock and property, even when it is quite apparent that humans have no right to these animals. But human ego is certain of its own superiority, which is sad but true.
As for your question, my answer is the obvious one: Reason. If we are to persuade anyone into understanding, naturally logic and reason lies at the heart of the solution. Though admittedly, not all people will "get it."
But consider this analogy, when reasoning with people about animal rights, if hyper intelligent martians were to invade Earth and enslave humanity, what moral defense will humans have, given the way they treat animals? It is because that nature is amoral, that humans have the moral responsibility to limit its law of "survival of the fittest."
by treeless
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