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THAT HOMO SAPIENS IS THE MOST POWERFUL SPECIES IN THE WORLD.
HOMO SAPIENS ALSO LIKES TO THINK THAT IT ENJOYS A SUPERIOR MORAL STATUS,
AND THAT HUMAN LIFE HAS MUCH GREATER VALUE THAN THE LIVES PIGS, ELEPHANTS OR WOLVES?
This is less obvious! DOES MIGHT MAKE RIGHT? Is human life more precious than porcine life simply
because the human collective is more powerful than the pig collective? The United States is far more
mighier than Afghanistan; does this imply that American lives have greater intrinsic value
than Afghan lives?
In practice, American lives are more valued?
Far more money is invested in the education, health & safety of the average American
thàn of the average Afghan! Killing an American citizen creates a far greater international outcry
than killing an Afghan citizen.

Yet it is generally accepted that this is no more than an unjust result of the geopolitical balance of power.
Afghanistan may have far less clout than the USA, yet the life of a child in the mountains of Tora Bora
is considered every bit as SÁCRED as the life of a child in Beverley Hills...

In contrast, when we privilege human children over piglets, we want to believe that this reflects something
deeper than the ecological balance of power. We want to believe that human lives really are superior
in some fundamental way. We Sapiens love telling ourselves that we enjoy some magical quality
that not only accounts for our immense power, but also gives moral justification
for our privileged status!

WHAT ÌS THÌS HÚMAN SPÀRK?
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