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originally posted by: Char-Lee
Then why do humans have such possessive natures and jealousy? Most people feel pain when their lover wants more than one.
originally posted by: bitsforbytes
Those who compare us to animals, we have a deeper conscious than animals and we should realize the difference.
The famous anthropologist Clifford Geertz once said that he believed "man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun." Ultimately, the only animals who buy the idea that humans aren't animals are humans themselves.
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originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: bitsforbytes
Those who compare us to animals, we have a deeper conscious than animals and we should realize the difference.
I think it's just silly to try to deny humans are animals.
The famous anthropologist Clifford Geertz once said that he believed "man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun." Ultimately, the only animals who buy the idea that humans aren't animals are humans themselves.
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originally posted by: Char-Lee
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: bitsforbytes
Those who compare us to animals, we have a deeper conscious than animals and we should realize the difference.
I think it's just silly to try to deny humans are animals.
The famous anthropologist Clifford Geertz once said that he believed "man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun." Ultimately, the only animals who buy the idea that humans aren't animals are humans themselves.
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I see animals as equals I don't eat them, own them or feel I have rights over them so I only disagree because people believe we are ABOVE them and then go back and say we are them when it is convenient to make a point.
originally posted by: American-philosopher
I was having a conversation with a friend of mine and you know you have one conversation on a topic which leads to another topic and so on and so on. So I forget what actually lead us to this. My friend was making the allegation that it is natural for us as humans to cheat. That when we look at nature there is cheating by animals. he gave the example of a bird who builds a nest and another bird comes and takes that nest.
I countered and then said "I don't think it is natural for us to cheat I think Natural Law comes into play. And that generally humans want to abide by Natural Law.
he then came back and said haven't you ever had the urge to cheat? And I know now were getting into the territory of Nietzsche and his sayings on the topic of Urge's and all that.
I still say that it is not natural for us as humans to cheat. and philosophically I believe cheating is not natural. There almost contradictory of one another. hence the term cheating the system.
I would like to know what others think is cheating natural and do we as humans just fight our natural urge to cheat? Most of us anyways.
originally posted by: bitsforbytes
a reply to: Annee
Dont you think we have a huge advantage over other living creatures? Kind of like an adult and child. We have the ability to control our animal impulses. Some do more than others.
I respect animals like i respect people to a certain extent, you cant reason with a dog or a monkey. They don't write like we do for example, write poetry. They dont beleive like we do.
Perhaps we are a sheet from the same cloth, but there are trumendous differences between us. I cant deny our similarities as well.
originally posted by: bitsforbytes
Much like death is natural murder is not.