Posted by Sigismund on April 28, 2008, at 15:37:56
In reply to Re: Free will » Sigismund, posted by SteelyDan on April 28, 2008, at 9:33:51
>A cow cannot be very good or very bad; a dog can be both better and worse; a child better and worse still; an ordinary man, still more so; a man of genius, still more so; a superhuman spirit-best-or worst of all.
I don't know. I'm suspicious of heirrarchies, especially self flattering ones, and I'm beyond feeling better because I'm above the other animals. We treat peoples we don't understand badly enough, and they are the same species as us. I don't hope to hear anything sensible about the remainder of the animal kingdom coming from humans, especially if there's a buck in it for them.I'm not saying that I'd think more of the cows if the rounded us up and put us to death.
I don't know what I'm saying.
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