Sentences with phrase «if nonhuman»

In a study published online today in Current Biology, researchers set up a simple experiment to see if nonhuman primates, like people, follow the masses.

If the nonhuman natural world is of instrumental value only, those seen as closest to it are also of instrumental value only, inferior, and in need of domination.

Not exact matches

If, to the contrary, the difference between humans and some sub-humans were slight (if, for instance, humans were only slightly superior to nonhuman primates, so that human existence were a species belonging to what we now call the nonhuman animal world), it would not be clear that the appearance of humans represents the maximal importance of subhuman existence as sucIf, to the contrary, the difference between humans and some sub-humans were slight (if, for instance, humans were only slightly superior to nonhuman primates, so that human existence were a species belonging to what we now call the nonhuman animal world), it would not be clear that the appearance of humans represents the maximal importance of subhuman existence as sucif, for instance, humans were only slightly superior to nonhuman primates, so that human existence were a species belonging to what we now call the nonhuman animal world), it would not be clear that the appearance of humans represents the maximal importance of subhuman existence as such.

If, as Hartshorne does, one uses one's prior understanding of various types of human experience as the source of generalized descriptions which together constitute the final concept of experience, how does one decide whether the generalizations have been radical enough to support application to all — including nonhuman — experiences or were sufficient only to cover human experiences?

If we are capable of extinguishing ourselves and most, if not all, other life, metaphors that support attitudes of distance from, and domination of, other human beings and nonhuman life must be recognized as dangerouIf we are capable of extinguishing ourselves and most, if not all, other life, metaphors that support attitudes of distance from, and domination of, other human beings and nonhuman life must be recognized as dangerouif not all, other life, metaphors that support attitudes of distance from, and domination of, other human beings and nonhuman life must be recognized as dangerous.

If the fetus does not have the same claim to life as a person, it appears that the newborn baby does not either, and the life of a newborn baby is of less value to it than the life of a pig, a dog, or a chimpanzee is to the nonhuman animal.

And it is in this Leopoldian vein that he opens the door, perhaps unwittingly, to the second question mentioned above: What, if anything, is the ethical status of individual nonhuman organisms, as they exist in and for themselves?

If the evidence required us to assume that the earliest beings we call human did in fact embody this structure of existence, then we would have to posit exceedingly high levels of mentality in our prehuman ancestors, assuming that for hundreds of thousands of years they must have far more closely approximated our contemporary existence than does any now existing nonhuman member of the simian family.

my husband is a professed Odinist I am... what I am I hate the terms and shit, a witch I say that proud and humbly with honor BC I am ashamed of the so called goth chicks that make false claims you are or your not as in odinism, now the All Father to me was God in their religion Baal is a nasty and dangerous evil nonhuman entity if Im wrong will you please show me your source, are you Wodenist or Odinist

In this respect, even though we might want to affirm that man has some degree of free choice as to whether or not he will abide by such laws, the moral universe would still be a realm of external determination which would, in the final analysis, depend on some nonhuman rationality, if it were assumed to be rational at all.

The researchers said more study is needed to determine if astrovirus infections in nonhuman primates are associated with clinical disease, or whether such infections are asymptomatic.

«If we can confirm that the flies transmit viable bacteria and that infected monkeys act as a nonhuman reservoir, there will always be cases of yaws even if the disease is apparently eradicated due to medicine and hygienic measures,» says KnauIf we can confirm that the flies transmit viable bacteria and that infected monkeys act as a nonhuman reservoir, there will always be cases of yaws even if the disease is apparently eradicated due to medicine and hygienic measures,» says Knauif the disease is apparently eradicated due to medicine and hygienic measures,» says Knauf.

This experiment was conducted to verify the findings in the initial experiment of a hypersensitivity immunopathologic - like reaction after SARS - CoV challenge of vaccinated animals, to determine if a higher dosage of the S protein vaccine (SV) would suppress infection and still exhibit a similar reaction, and whether the original β propiolactone inactivated whole virus vaccine (BPV) that had shown an immunopathologic - like reaction after challenge of vaccinated ferrets and nonhuman primates exhibited a similar immunopathologic reaction in the mouse model [13], [14].

In an appropriately casted Annihilation, interactions between an Asian American biologist and an Asian - coded nonhuman might have proven equally, if not more, fruitful.

Ever since Watership Down I've loved books with nonhuman narrators, especially if they live in underground burrows and have large ears.

If you're thinking of adding a nonhuman family member to your pack, adopt - don't shop.

Long - term species - specific studies of lateralization in nonhumans are required to determine if pawedness shifts over time or varies with context, experience and genetic predisposition.

This misalignment, if you will, means that either chimpanzees (and gorillas, dolphins, whales — other creatures the NRP has in its sights) will need human agents, with all the dangers of projection of human needs and desires on to their nonhuman «clients», or that law itself would have to change into something... other, something capable of bridging species, a rather daunting proposition.