From: Erin Noonan (enoonan@kent.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 04 2002 - 22:06:30 BST
>===== Original Message From moq_discuss@moq.org =====
>Hi Steve:
>
>> My question is in what sense is a human at a higher level of
>> evolution than a dog or a vegetable for that matter? We
>> both have undergone the exact same number of years of
>> evolution so there is no true scientific argument to make.
>
>I'd say a human is at a higher level than a dog because a dog can't
>argue the point, scientifically or otherwise. (-:
>
>Or put it another way. Would you rather be a dog than human? If not,
>why not?
>
>Or, regarding his lot in life, who is more free to change it, a dog or a
>human?
>
>Or, if you judge evolution by width and depth of awareness (Quality),
>would you say dogs come out on top?
necessitarianism (ne-ses-i-tare'-u-nez-um) noun - Philosophy
The doctrine holding that events are inevitably determined by
preceding
causes
necessitarian - adjective and noun
Usage example: Revealing her predilection toward determinism if not
outright passionate and irrefutable necessitarianism, Lynne Cheney
could
not help herself from mounting Rummy's leg and humping away like a
spastic Rottweiler after she listened to him talk up the finer points
of warhead technology.
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