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'''Non-human''' is a term popularised by [[Bruno Latour]] and is used widely as a reference to all [[creature|creatures]] and [[Object (philosophy)|things]] that are not [[human]]. The introduction of the term marks a shift in how the role of humans is perceived and discussed. Rather than traditional perceptions of man as a superior species<ref name=mc1>''Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues'' By [[Alasdair MacIntyre]] pp. 60, "Those who have wanted to draw a single sharp line between human and nonhuman animals have commonly laid emphasis upon the presence or absence of language as such, the ability to use and to respond to strings of syntactically ordered and semantically significant expressions whose utterance constitutes speech acts. But this is insufficient for human rationality. What is needed in addition.."</ref>, the term is used today to highlight that we co-exist with all other living species and are embedded within a complex system that supports our survival on planet Earth. |
'''Non-human''' is a term popularised by [[Bruno Latour]] and is used widely as a reference to all [[creature|creatures]] and [[Object (philosophy)|things]] that are not [[human]]. The introduction of the term marks a shift in how the role of humans is perceived and discussed. Rather than traditional perceptions of man as a superior species<ref name=mc1>''Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues'' By [[Alasdair MacIntyre]] pp. 60, "Those who have wanted to draw a single sharp line between human and nonhuman animals have commonly laid emphasis upon the presence or absence of language as such, the ability to use and to respond to strings of syntactically ordered and semantically significant expressions whose utterance constitutes speech acts. But this is insufficient for human rationality. What is needed in addition.."</ref>, the term is used today to highlight that we co-exist with all other living species and are embedded within a complex system that supports our survival on planet [[Earth]]. |
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Non-human is a term popularised by Bruno Latour and is used widely as a reference to all creatures and things that are not human. The introduction of the term marks a shift in how the role of humans is perceived and discussed. Rather than traditional perceptions of man as a superior species[1], the term is used today to highlight that we co-exist with all other living species and are embedded within a complex system that supports our survival on planet Earth.
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- ^ Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues By Alasdair MacIntyre pp. 60, "Those who have wanted to draw a single sharp line between human and nonhuman animals have commonly laid emphasis upon the presence or absence of language as such, the ability to use and to respond to strings of syntactically ordered and semantically significant expressions whose utterance constitutes speech acts. But this is insufficient for human rationality. What is needed in addition.."