[JumpCrisscross]

> you're still relying on something to place humans on top. It is something you may agree with, but I am not bound to it for my basic beliefs

Whatever you bind yourself by, you're doing so as a human. That's my point. At the most meta level, our ethics and value systems are chosen by humans, whether they place humans at the centre of them or not.

> I am against any arguments put forth by living beings for lunar development in the way that humans have right now

Sure. Fine. This is common argument, if one I don't see finding purchase in our lifetimes.

> I was under the impression that we all implicitly use "human" for succintness; do you personally see a difference in how another sapient being might make the argument, all else being equal?

Humans means humans. Different sapient beings are irrelevant when we’re discussing a lifeless body.