But you seem to be saying that in order for you to accept the concept of objective morality, it would require me to demonstrate that animals show a special kind of morality as well. In other words, I have to prove animals have morality in order to prove humans have it.
If you don't believe animals have some form or morality, then you are implying that evolution didn't happen, in my view. The problem with humans is that they are very self-aware, and can just make stuff up. They can adjust the criteria by which they apply standards of morality, as happens when cultures give up slavery for example - the slaves become classified as "one of us" and so subject to moral considerations.
If you are going to stick to humans, then you aren't really being objective. If there is some independent objective standard based on some kind of Natural Law, then that Law has to apply to all of Nature! How else can we know it is there?
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