The Difference of Man and the Difference it Makes (Humans)

by David Turell , Tuesday, July 07, 2009, 16:29 (5409 days ago) @ George Jelliss

The idea that mankind is qualitatively different from the animals with and from which Homo sapiens evolved is one that I have tried to argue and defend in debates with my humanist and secular colleagues. 
 
> My point is not that Homo sapiens is special but that evolved consciousness is special and important because in a sense it provides a way for the Universe to become "aware of itself". - > So you see that this argument is compatible with atheism. - Your argument is certainly compatable with atheism as long as you use the word "qualitatively" in your opening sentence. 'Qualitative' means difference in kind in my Collegiate Dictionary. Of course, I think Adler is correct. We are different by degree, but on all your other thoughts we are in agreement.