We are not moral, nor are we especially intelligent.
There is still a big difference between being good at being moral and being amoral. Assuming you are coming from an absolute morality view, there is still the issue that people trying to protect animals are not necessarily the same ones for some war. While some may have contradicting issues, plenty of others don't, and often talk of comparison to other animals is about capacity for something, not that the entire species exercises that capacity. While every animal interacts and impacts their environment, it seems to be quite special to think about that impact and foresee problems generations into the future. Whether something actually gets done about that or not is a different matter...
Every predatory species, in its own way, believes exactly the same thing as you have stated
Saying that animals think and believe that seems to be at least as big of an assumption as saying no other animals think similar to humans.
Man is the most arrogant and idiotic of animals.
That sounds like something that distinguishes humans from other animals (even if only by having the ability to make such mistakes).
Not that I am necessarily a fan of the whole humans are special idea, but I still don't see those as strong counterpoints.
There is still a big difference between being good at being moral and being amoral. Assuming you are coming from an absolute morality view, there is still the issue that people trying to protect animals are not necessarily the same ones for some war. While some may have contradicting issues, plenty of others don't, and often talk of comparison to other animals is about capacity for something, not that the entire species exercises that capacity. While every animal interacts and impacts their environment, it seems to be quite special to think about that impact and foresee problems generations into the future. Whether something actually gets done about that or not is a different matter...
Saying that animals think and believe that seems to be at least as big of an assumption as saying no other animals think similar to humans.
That sounds like something that distinguishes humans from other animals (even if only by having the ability to make such mistakes).
Not that I am necessarily a fan of the whole humans are special idea, but I still don't see those as strong counterpoints.