William E.
May,
Winner of the 2007 Paul Ramsey Award.
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"Membership in
the human species is of
critical moral
significance simply
because human animals
are different kinds of
animals. They are
different, not because
of culture or brains,
but because of who they
are, that is, beings
ultimately minded
because within them is a
principle of
immateriality, of
transcendence. Members
of this species are
beings of moral worth
not by reason of
anything that they do or
achieve, but by reason
of what they are." -
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