Are Humans Animals And Therefore Do Not Deserve A Separate Classification?
Many a philosopher has indeed considered this topic. And having been involved recently in an online think tank discussion of this subject matter, I would like to assist you in considering some of the points of this subject. Personally, having removed myself from the equation and then studied this question the prior from another’s perspective; that is to say a “non-human” I would agree with the hypothetical conclusion of course that humans are indeed animals. Thus I have stated: “Humans are animals and nothing I have observed would preclude them from such classification. Certainly not the ties they wear or the tools they create or the thought they are capable of.” However, I have witnessed some rather astounding things from a very small subset of humans, which is quite impressive of the average member of their groupings. So, having already thought on such hypothetical questions such as “what if an alien race came to explore Earth and then classified all mammals as animals and included t