Humand kind has the right to rule on the planet?

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Sanz

#157837 Sat, 12 Nov 05 04:20 PM

Do you considered that humand kind has the right to rule over all the other living beings? are we really the owners of everything in this planet?

Sanz

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Patrice

#158841 Tue, 15 Nov 05 03:31 PM

Are we the rulers of the planet? 80% of the ocean is unexplored and 30% of LAND, yes land on earth is unexplored. There are more species unknown to us than there are known. I think that we as humans have the ability to create buildings, and as such are 'smarter' than our animal counterparts. However I think that any thoughts you have of us being 'rulers' are unfounded.

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Sharann

#159686 Thu, 17 Nov 05 07:34 PM

I would say the first answer may be yes, human kind may the owner of everything. Nevertheless, human kind has no right as all to rule the Earth and "other living beings". if we consider things there are the 'civilised' and the 'uncivilised', I'm not talking about Men in general. We consider animals as the 'uncivilesed'.

Are we really civilised? mind me but wars, terrorism, fear and all that are our creation. I reckon that animals feel the fear, but not like us. and we want to rule them, to explain how they must live??? First of all it seems that they were here before us, and then sometimes it seems that they're largely happier than us, don't you think?

and finally, I think that Man can create, build, or kill(I know sometimes I'm quite negative!! Tongue Tied [:S] ), but nature create and destroy. Look, hurricans, they go and take everything without considering Man. someone told me that because we are going against the nature, the nature takes a revenge on us, to show us that finally, IT rules everything. Maybe is it only a Man's impression to rules the world, because we want to rule overything and think that no one can interfere between us and the GREAT power.

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My2sense

#159794 Fri, 18 Nov 05 12:07 AM

Perhaps man believes he rules the world but in reality we are subject to the rules of nature. Does mankind have the right to rule the world? No. Man doesn't have the right but only perceives it as such. Why? Because man somehow has the idea that higher intelligence empowers him to rule. Again always in conflict with nature.

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TeacherBrian

#162650 Fri, 25 Nov 05 05:41 PM

If human kind is ruling the world, then that would explain many of the problems the world! And if carefully consider humankind's tragic record of mis-management to date, I think many will say we have had enough of it. Lets have a change. Who shall we choose?

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maj

#162896 Sat, 26 Nov 05 09:49 AM

Maybe we just don't know the rules.

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TeacherBrian

#163094 Sat, 26 Nov 05 06:41 PM

Maj wrote:
Maybe we just don't know the rules.

I agree. It seems that humankind doesn't know the rules, so who/where do we get the rules from?

TeacherBrian

YoungCalifornian

#163737 Mon, 28 Nov 05 10:53 AM

I mean no offense, but if find the initial question a bit absurd. To assume that mankind does actually "rule over all the other living beings" would be to imply that man has elevated himself to a status greater than that of other organisms. If men are indeed higher beings than all other creatures, then I would say that they have every right to "rule" over lesser forms of life (although I'm not sure what that rule entails). Taking it a bit further, concepts such as 'rights', 'rule' and 'ownership' are abstractions invented by men. To assert that such notions dictate the order of the natural world, would be to assert that the laws of mankind must govern the natural world. If a species can indeed 'own' and 'rule' the planet and its lifeforms, then the species that produced such ideas must have the 'rights' to them. In other words, if human concepts govern nature, then humans themselves govern nature. The question about rights is irrelevant, as no other species can rule.

On the other hand, if one does not believe that humans beings are higher lifeforms, then the question about rights is still moot. In such a case, we are simply another species of animal doing our best to survive and reproduce. Any actions we take -collectively or individually- are not subject to judgment. We may enforce our will upon other lifeforms, just as a lion may do to a zebra, but no actions we take are more right or wrong that that of any other animal. In essence, nothing we do is unique in principle. That principle being that every member of every species does whatever it can to make life easier for itself.