oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
Points to focus on: claiming that from the 'POV' of nature all organism may be part of one system rather than a hierarchy is one thing, implying that humans are somehow unique in the animal kingdom by being biased toward their own kind is just plain ignorant.
If people want to claim that humans are 'more biased', then please show that a piraña is less biased toward other organism, or a viper, or a fruit fly. Please measure your data for comparison between the thoughts and feelings of different creatures and establish your analysis, I would not be surprised if house cats turned out to be more vain than all. In addition this superficial claim of bias is biased in itself, you are in fact patronizing over other creatures not to have their own sense of discretion.
If you want to discuss the disproportionate unnecessary cruelty or damage humans do then choose your terminology to better address that, and don't lose the argument by turning it into a false argument on the philosophical level making hunanity into an anachronistic component in earthly biology. Stress the difference between biased to 'biased in a particular way' and make a constructive case for it using data in context without the philosophical baggage.
What is this? Homework? :biglaugh:
You are looking like old Manthorpe, my last maths master. He was more immediately dangerous than you, 'cos he had a broken hockey stick which he called 'my pole'. 'Oldbadger! Fiddling again.I hate fiddlers! Go fetch my pole!'
Old Manthorpe would have definitely sent for his pole.... you weren't paying attention!implying that humans are somehow unique in the animal kingdom by being biased toward their own kind is just plain ignorant.
However, Shyanekh has provided a list already, which is going to supply me with endless thinking-fodder........... so I need to leave this debate because I'm all filled up with facts to consider.