“Wild animals are less wild and more human than many humans of this world” ― Munia Khan. “A cat’s purr and a puppy’s wet nose are just two of the things that make my day enjoyable.” ― Anthony T.Hincks. Gazzaniga MS (2008) Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique. Another kind of empathy is felt by humans by imagining how the other person is feeling. While some wild animals will attack if they feel threatened, many of them are more likely to run away. If so, then why not funnel them into a college setting, or simply boost the college programs and leave universities to the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, which is not elitist — it just requires a lot of sacrifice.Andrew Fuyarchuk, Markham, Ont. Suffering is the great leveller, between babies and brain surgeons, and between humans and other sentient animals. Humans, since the beginning of our species have also thought nothing of enslaving, raping, torturing and killing their fellow humans. Most examples of cognitive difference offered here are outdated. As someone who has raised and trained border collies to herd sheep, and who has owned horses, cows, chickens, etc, I can say with confidence and certainty that your perception of animals is off. And I disagree that humans should continue to treat animals poorly for their benefit. Ultimately, this is a decision based on our ethical intuition. That’s all that we really need to know for a meaningful moral discourse. So unless you can specify which forms of animals testing are unnecessary and what testing can actually replace it then no one is interested in your opinion which comes across as the inane unresearched rhetoric of the AR cult. Milk was not part of the diet in some of these countries. We have no idea. As Simon said you have been committed a fallacy in your argument, giving the example with the nature. Also, it turns out there is something like a soul, and they are capable of communing with the souls of the deceased. Nor are they unaware that there would be unintended consequences. “Do mice suffer? All mammals and birds at least can suffer. They do not shoot other animals. How can you tell?” A paltry dismissal of their capabilities and logical fallacies? But when we say humans are unique, we mean something more than that. Animals are such great creatures which as humans we do not appreciate enough. Suddendorf T, Corballis MC (2007) The evolution of foresight: What is mental time travel, and is it unique to humans? There are many similarities between humans and other animals that you may have noticed. Re: Tories: We’d Like To Know What They Talked About Too…, May 1.As part of a coalition trying to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s further annexation of more of Ukraine and potentially other Eastern European countries, it’s no wonder the Harper government wants to know exactly what Jean Chrétien discussed with him. (2012), with some similar results. Of course, adopting this particular expression creates confusion with the theories of mind elaborated by philosophers and scientists, which are theories in the scientific sense of the word. I note that you didn’t respond to my question regarding improvements in the treatment of farm animals. “What sense does it make to give animals something that they do not know that they lack?”. Then, you put mice between “automatons”, animals able to react to the environment like plants. What moves us to treat animals well is our empathy, our compassion, our sense of fairness and our cultural values. 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