Animalism of Modern Philosophy

Animalism is Philosophical Viewpoint
All Men are Basically Animals – Evolution

Let us obey the First Law of Logic (Identity) and define our term. Animalism is the philosophical doctrine that humans are animals in their essential identity and are persons only through their contingent (conditional properties) properties (Free Dictionary). The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy discusses that being human does not necessarily make you human; i.e., you can be an animal but not human such as those in a persistent vegetative state or a fetus to give two examples. Continue reading “Animalism of Modern Philosophy”