Social Darwinism: Right or Wrong

[Vincenzo Vinny G.]

a infant child is a human being.

a cockroach is not.

do you want me to paint a picture?

And human beings are not special.

Listen, I know this goes against your intuitions and your childhood learning, and maybe even your society.

But if reality says this is the case, then it's true. Nature is not always a convenient supporter of our social preferences.

Stop and ask yourself, what makes a human being more special than any other animal?

Is it being a vertebrate? Nope. Other animals are. Is it having an endoskeleton? Nope. Other animals have it. Is it having a brain? Nope. Other animals have it. Is it being able to laugh? Nope, other animals have it.

What makes human beings so special? Being able to do math? Animals can do math, albeit more rudimentary versions.

Eyesight?

Stop and think about what makes humans special. Then take that property, and ask "Is this REALLY something special, greater than all other properties, that it must affords special value to a species?"

These kind of things are not simplistic.