Both lions and humans (like most, or all, animals) are sentient.<p>You may be referring to some concept of intelligent self-awareness, but you need to be more clear as to what it is to evaluate whether its a real difference between humans and lions; lots of animals have demonstrable self-awareness of various forms.<p>I agree that the human condition is more important, but I don&#x27;t think your explanation of <i>why</i> holds up.