Rene Descartes, the 17th century scientist, mathematician, and philosopher, believed that animals were:
A. capable of feeling, but not remembering, pain.
B. higher in moral status than humans.
C. equal to humans in moral value.
D. beast machines incapable of feeling.
E. created by God and that they have souls.
Answer: D
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