Try "brain, consciousness, and ability to suffer." Unless your criterion for valuing human life is based on something else, such as an immortal soul that you don't believe in, or resembling you, which is a bit arbitrary.
--- On Wed, 4/15/09, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] good morning my fellow ecosystems
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 3:39 PM
>
> On Apr 15, 2009, at 3:30 PM, Miles Jackson wrote:
>
> > Why should we hold bovine life in higher esteem than
> microbial life?
>
> Warm blood, eyes, and featured in children's books?
>
> Doug
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