Douglas R. Hofstadter Quotes

What Gives Us Word-users The Right To Make Life-and-death Decisions Concerning Other Living Creatures That Have No Words? Why Do We Find Ourselves In Positions Of Such Anguish (at Least For Some Of Us)? In The Final Analysis, It Is Simply Because Might Makes Right, And We Humans, Thanks To The Intelligence Afforded Us By The Complexity Of Our Brains And Our Embeddedness In Rich Languages And Cultures, Are Indeed High And Mighty, Relative To The "lower" Animals (and Vegetables). By Virtue Of Our Might, We Are Forced To Establish Some Sort Of Ranking Of Creatures, Whether We Do So As A Result Of Long And Careful Personal Reflections Or Simply Go Along With The Compelling Flow Of The Masses. Are Cows Just As Comfortably Killable As Mosquitoes? Would You Feel Any Less Troubled By Swatting A Fly Preening On A Wall Than By Beheading A Chicken Quivering On A Block?

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