human/non-human animals

The main difference between human and non-human animals is the capacity for distinct, recognizable and non-instinctive emotions and feelings. Humans are fully aware and can pinpoint fears, anxiety, passion and other similar emotions, while animals cannot understand their emotions, but rather just react to them. Generally, humans react to the things that affect them overtime. As many human reactions are too quickly executed, people still have the capability to choose the ways in which they respond and react to what their taking in and the positions they are put in. Animals do not have the same capabilities and respond based on instinct rather than on preference. Animals do not understand the complexity of their options when responding to various stimuli, while people do. As humans have a conscience which embody their ego and superego, non-human animals only have an id, and can only satisfy instinctual desires. I agree with Regan's "Subject of Life" theory, in that animals are less complex than humans are in what they need. I do think animals deserve rights, and although they are different and are not subject to the same reactions and lifestyles that humans are, the laws that surround animals should be fair and made more equal as to the rights that humans have set for each other.