Why in the world would we think that humans matter? The answer—if you read what is actually stated—is simply that we declare it to be so, or that there is no reason to explicitly state the reasons for declaring it to be so.
This seems to be the trend. Consider the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, drawn up and ratified in the wake of World War II. Prefacing the work with a “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family,” the authors of this universal declaration lay down as the first article this sacrosanct conclusion: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”
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