The world was populated with humans and other living beings through the process of evolution, where species gradually changed over time to adapt to their environments and survive. This process took millions of years and resulted in the diverse array of life forms we see today.
Aristotle believed that humans have one soul, which he identified as the rational soul that distinguishes humans from other living beings.
Only in that we're more emotionally involved with humans than with other animals.
Humans are found within the biosphere, which encompasses all living organisms on Earth. This sphere includes various ecosystems, such as forests, oceans, grasslands, and deserts, where humans interact with other living beings and their environment.
This phrase refers to the belief that when God created man, He breathed life into him, giving him a soul that set him apart from other living beings. It signifies the uniqueness and spiritual nature of humans, differentiating them from non-living beings.
Yes, humans were at the top of Aristotle's hierarchy of nature. He believed that humans possessed rationality and intellect, setting them apart from all other living beings.
It means that living beings depend on other living beings.
The food organisms eat is the source of most energy for life.Autotrophs are living beings that "make their own food". Those are plants, and algae. Those get their energy from the sunlight.Heterotrophs (animals, and others) get their energy from other living beings. They use the chemical energy from those other living beings.
The answer to this question is not known.
They already do. As robots are not sentient beings, the possibility for a human-robot conflict does not exist as the conflict would be one-sided. Robots are the creations of humans and can only do what they are programmed to, even those with "artificial intelligence". Because of this, robots are not even living beings and therefore do not have an existence of which to coexist with other beings.
A rational animal is distinguished from other living beings by its ability to think, reason, and make decisions based on logic and understanding.
Humans are animals. We are biological beings that are part of the order Primates. We share a common ancester with other primates. Our closest extant (living) relative would be the chimpanzee (both the common chimp and the bonobo).
The singer criticizes other philosophers' arguments that only humans have moral worth, suggesting that this belief is narrow-minded and fails to recognize the value of all living beings.