However, the main separation between humans and all other animals is the ability to reason. ... Man is the only animal marked by his thirst for blood and body mutilation. ... Wrangham and Peterson state, "That chimpanzees and humans kill member of neighboring groups of their own species is . . . a startling exception to the normal rule for animals". ... So animals were good because they only did what came naturally. ... Animals cannot, they just do what is in there instinct. ...

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Swift uses the creature of the "Yahoo" from the land of the "Houyhnhms", to question animal instinct within human nature, asking why people kill and commit acts of violence. ... "Upon the whole, the behaviour of these animals was so orderly and rational, so acute and judicious, that I last concluded that they must be magicians" (Page 249, Paragraph 2) In this case, "Houyhnhms" (horses) are completely rational, resulting in complete confusion for Gulliver. ... "My horror and astonishment are not to be described, when I observed in this abominable animal a human figure: the face of it indeed ...

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This theory extends to all walks of life; for instance happiness is achieved in the animal kingdom through sustenance and survival (among other things). ... Primitive instincts of survival are even governed by perceptions of virtue. ... All humans and animals seek out pleasure and even good, virtuous people indulge accordingly so it obviously cannot be "sinful". ... Aristotle argues that morality is not an automatic response triggered by inborn human survival instincts. ...

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