Thursday, December 22, 2011

Manimal

Once upon a time there were two animals …

  1. The Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, is an animal.
  2. The Human Being, Homo sapiens, is an animal.
  3. The males of the species Carcharodon carcharias copulate with the female of the species.
  4. The males of the species Homo sapiens copulate with the female of the species.
  5. A male Carcharodon carcharias forcibly copulates with a female of the species.
  6. A male Homo sapiens forcibly copulates with a female of the species.
  7. The male Carcharodon carcharias forcibly copulates with the female.
  8. The male Homo sapiens rapes the female.
  9. The male Carcharodon carcharias is an animal.
  10. The male Homo sapiens is an animal.
  11. What is or are the philosophical difference(s), if any, between 7 and 8?
  12. If there is or are any philosophical difference(s), what is the grounding for it or them?
  13. If there isn’t or aren’t any philosophical difference(s) between 7 and 8, why not?

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