I'd disagree for two reasons: - Humans can easily treat other humans as things as well. Humans being special is to me more or a convenient fiction than somethi

I'd disagree for two reasons: - Humans can easily treat other humans as things as well. Humans being special is to me more or a convenient fiction than something really at the core of our societies. - For such a long time, we didn't have to care whether humans need to be separated from animals, the value scale was pretty flat in that respect. In many circumstances a horse from a higher up would be more important than a peasant's life.