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* The value of the life of a non-human [[AnimalMotifs animal]] in fiction, distressingly, tends to relate directly to how much humans like said animal. Thus dogs are protected by ImprobableInfantSurvival but [[SnakesAreSinister snakes]], spiders and [[BugWar insects]] are trampled without a second thought. Sadly, this is TruthInTelevision. To paraphrase an old Denis Leary routine about the Endangered Species Act, "You ''know'' how this is going to end! Eventually, [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters only the cute and cool animals will get to live!"]]
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* The value of the life of a non-human [[AnimalMotifs animal]] in fiction, distressingly, tends to relate directly to how much humans like said animal. Thus dogs are protected by ImprobableInfantSurvival but [[SnakesAreSinister snakes]], spiders and [[BugWar insects]] are trampled without a second thought. Sadly, this is TruthInTelevision. To paraphrase an old Denis Leary routine about the Endangered Species Act, "You ''know'' how this is going to end! Eventually, [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters only the cute and cool animals will get to live!"]] live]]!"
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* [[TheUndead Undead]] beings like [[DemBones skeletons]] and [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]] and victims of certain strains of TheVirus do not blip ''at all'' in this value (despite still being Homo Sapiens). There's hardly any controversy about it either, probably because they're trying to kill you. In fact, killing one is seen as only helping along a [[UndeathAlwaysEnds natural process]].
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* [[TheUndead Undead]] beings like [[DemBones skeletons]] and [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]] and victims of certain strains of TheVirus do not blip ''at all'' in this value (despite still being Homo Sapiens).''Homo sapiens''). There's hardly any controversy about it either, probably because they're trying to kill you. In fact, killing one is seen as only helping along a [[UndeathAlwaysEnds natural process]].
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* Within all three major Abrahamic religions, as their teachings center around HumansAreSpecial the fate of nonhumans such as animals and theoretical extraterrestrial life upon death has been hotly debated for centuries. The latter even earned its own phrase, "exotheology", and remains a lively subdiscipline within several religious traditions. In UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}} and UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} the Literature/BookOfEcclesiastes explicitly states that animals don't have souls, and some extrapolate this to extend to all nonhuman life.
** As JewsLoveToArgue that hasn't been the end of the discussion, as the UsefulNotes/{{Kabbalah}} goes so far as to claim that everything in creation will eventually return to God. Regarding extraterrestrial life, the most prominent voice on the subject has been the Jewish scholar Norman Lamm who suggested that God would make Himself available to all His creatures.
** UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} is somewhat more united regarding animals, as most sects maintain that animals don't have souls [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals which makes it even more important that we treat them well in this life]]. As for aliens, many believe that JesusWasWayCool enough to include other intelligent life into His kingdom, with the Vatican publicly stating on a few occasions that they would be no less than us in the eyes of God.
** UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} teaches that while animals won't be permitted into the afterlife, they'll be properly compensated for any suffering they endured in life. In contrast to the other two, Islam directly addresses the prospect of intelligent life among the stars with Muhammad's cousin Ibn Abbas directly stating that Allah created other worlds like Earth with their own prophets to boot.
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* Within all three major Abrahamic religions, as their teachings center around HumansAreSpecial the fate of nonhumans such as animals and theoretical extraterrestrial life upon death has been hotly debated for centuries. The latter even earned its own phrase, "exotheology", and remains a lively subdiscipline within several religious traditions. In UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}} and UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} the Literature/BookOfEcclesiastes explicitly states that animals don't have souls, and some extrapolate this to extend to all nonhuman life.
** As JewsLoveToArgue that hasn't been the end of the discussion, as the UsefulNotes/{{Kabbalah}} goes so far as to claim that everything in creation will eventually return to God. Regarding extraterrestrial life, the most prominent voice on the subject has been the Jewish scholar Norman Lamm who suggested that God would make Himself available to all His creatures.
** UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} is somewhat more united regarding animals, as most sects maintain that animals don't have souls [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals which makes it even more important that we treat them well in this life]]. As for aliens, many believe that JesusWasWayCool enough to include other intelligent life into His kingdom, with the Vatican publicly stating on a few occasions that they would be no less than us in the eyes of God.
** UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} teaches that while animals won't be permitted into the afterlife, they'll be properly compensated for any suffering they endured in life. In contrast to the other two, Islam directly addresses the prospect of intelligent life among the stars with Muhammad's cousin Ibn Abbas directly stating that Allah created other worlds like Earth with their own prophets to boot.
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Ghouls are more like vampires in variation. Really depends on the fiction. Easier to remove it.
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* [[TheUndead Undead]] beings like [[DemBones skeletons]], [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]], [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier ghouls]], and victims of certain strains of TheVirus do not blip ''at all'' in this value (despite still being Homo Sapiens). There's hardly any controversy about it either, probably because they're trying to kill you. In fact, killing one is seen as only helping along a [[UndeathAlwaysEnds natural process]].
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* [[TheUndead Undead]] beings like [[DemBones skeletons]], skeletons]] and [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]], [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier ghouls]], zombies]] and victims of certain strains of TheVirus do not blip ''at all'' in this value (despite still being Homo Sapiens). There's hardly any controversy about it either, probably because they're trying to kill you. In fact, killing one is seen as only helping along a [[UndeathAlwaysEnds natural process]].
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* [[CloningBlues Clones]], [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse parallel universe duplicates]], and other {{Doppelganger}}s are [[ExpendableClone often considered expendable]], even if they absolutely ''are'' biologically human and sentient and independent individuals with personalities. Restoring an AI from a backup copy is often treated like a DisneyDeath. This is all provided at least one "instance" of each character survives. ("Sorry, but we only need one flannel shirt-wearing comic relief guy.") [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff400/fv00383.htm The thing is]], it should be more like [[AngstySurvivingTwin a twin sibling dying]], but it tends to be treated more casually instead, like ImmortalLifeIsCheap. This can vary, however, as while the ''story'' can kill them freely without consequence, many writers prefer to let their deaths affect the ''characters'' with all the pathos such a close death could incur. Whether actually treating it like a sibling/twin death, a warning about the path they could be taking (in the case of an Evil clone/alternate self) or the consequences of failing (with alternate universes or BadFuture selves).
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* [[CloningBlues [[ExpendableClone Clones]], [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse parallel universe duplicates]], and other {{Doppelganger}}s are [[ExpendableClone often considered expendable]], expendable, even if they absolutely ''are'' biologically human and sentient and independent individuals with personalities. Restoring an AI from a backup copy is often treated like a DisneyDeath. This is all provided at least one "instance" of each character survives. ("Sorry, but we only need one flannel shirt-wearing comic relief guy.") [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff400/fv00383.htm The thing is]], it should be more like [[AngstySurvivingTwin a twin sibling dying]], but it tends to be treated more casually instead, like ImmortalLifeIsCheap. This can vary, however, as while the ''story'' can kill them freely without consequence, many writers prefer to let their deaths affect the ''characters'' with all the pathos such a close death could incur. Whether actually treating it like a sibling/twin death, a warning about the path they could be taking (in the case of an Evil clone/alternate self) or the consequences of failing (with alternate universes or BadFuture selves).
