Do humans possess a higher status than animals

[Breakingthewall]

The difference between humans and rats is that humans are cogs in the social matrix, and this matrix has a solid emotional cement.

The reality is that whether you live or die is irrelevant, except that it matters emotionally to you. If you didn't have that emotional spring, killing humans would be the same as killing flies or killing yourself: neither good nor bad, indifferent.

[carterfelder]

Your argument oversimplifies human value to mere emotional attachment, ignoring complex social, ethical, and existential factors that distinguish human life from other species. It’s reductive and dismisses moral frameworks without justification.