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Is human life worth more than animal life? If so, why would human life be worth equal to a more intelligent, more sentient machine?

Nope, everyone does not know from empirical experience that the mind does exist. And even if they did, that does not demonstrate that its distinct from the brain. Mind is a concept. You cant point to it or identify it in any way. You cant even identify your own mind. We experience , and then ascribe that to a mind.

Principle of identity of indiscernibles: two things which are indistinguishable from each other are the same thing. Two souls that are indistinguishable from each other, physical bodies aside, would be the same soul. Either souls are characteristically distinct, or else we face pantheism.

First, everything I say presumes the action of the principle of sufficient reason (psr), which states that everything is the way it is for a reason. Second, we must separate mind from brain. It is clear from the action of the unconscious, the brain, in creating the vivid, detailed, highly structured domain of dreams, that the brain is perfectly capable of highly functioning outside of the conscious mind. We also see this in the careful actions of somnambulists, and the autonomic processes of the body. In other words the brain can function reflexively in all capacities without any need for a conscious mind. In terms of metaphysical naturalism, there is insufficient reason for the conscious mind to exist. Third, the fact that, as everyone knows from empirical experience, the mind does exist, demonstrates that the mind is distinct from the brain. This mind I call “soul”.

There is no discussion about the existence of soul. Soul cannot be perceived through mind or emotions. Use meditation to silence mind and emotions and you will perceive soul.