Darwinism and Value Incrementalism

After Professor Silliman's presentation in class it made me think about the moral implications of Darwinism. The theory that humans and non-humans only vary in degrees sounds very much like value incrementalism. Although Darwin belived in his theory of evolution he did not distinguish humans as seperate from animals. Evolution of humans did not make them superior to animals it only gave each certain traits that are unique or shared among themselves to try and adapt better to their environment. Evolution is not heading in any specific direction there fore it is wrong to assume that the most recently formed organism is the most evolved. As humans we need to identify these differences and treat each other according to these differences if they are relevant enough.