... the main trait that distinguishes man from other animal species (animal meaning nonhuman) is sentience, or "the ability to think, feel, perceive, or experience subjectively" ("Sentience"). John Locke, esteemed philosophical essayist and one of the most influential people of the 17th century, states in his work Concerning Human Understanding of Ideas that an "idea is the object ... of thinking," and that such thoughts originate from "experience," "reflection," and "sensation" (Locke). Using ideas inspired from Locke's essay, the application of natural rights, another concept Locke is wel...

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