Quote Originally Posted by Craterus View Post
Why should we/they? I don't have a coherent answer, just thought I'd take the thread in a different direction.
A better question is why shouldn't humans in general (to answer rory's statement) have the right to live? Why does one innocent human have more of a right to live than another?

It doesn't really follow that simply being born grants you such rights.
Why not? You were born, and you don't have the right to live if you wish to? Sounds like how Hitler thought about the Jews to me.

And it is also only humans that are granted a right to life, why only our species and no others?
We were intelligent and strong enough to assert our dominance. Besides, scientifically, humans are omnivores. Therefore, animals are viewed in the same way plants are - as resources, as food. Of course, taboos exist.