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  • 1 - The Status of Humans

  • Michael Ruse, Florida State University
  • Book:
    A Philosopher Looks at Human Beings
    Published online:
    20 May 2021
    Print publication:
    20 May 2021, pp 5-20

  • Summary

    Are humans superior to all other animals? People of religion – Christianity and Buddhism – say yes. People of science – those for and those against Darwinian evolutionary theory – say yes. People of philosophy – the existentialists in particular –say yes. Why? People of religion think it is God’s intention (Christians) or simply the way the world is (Buddhists). People of science, both those for and those against Darwin, think it is simply a fact of nature. People of philosophy, existentialists, argue that meaning must come from within. Are humans superior? That is for us to decide and demonstrate. Natural (science) and unnatural (religion) facts tell us nothing.