Can a cat be responsible for damaging somethin? Can a virus have malice into making someone sick? There lies the answer.
Discussion
Are you saying intelligence = soul ?
I am saying freedom of choice and therefore responsibility. Intelligence is not freedom of choice, it is computational ability.
A cat doesnt have freedom of choice?
Probably not. Freedom of choice in a mechanical world require an external input. This is either a pure mechanical world or just a facade of a reality with different rules. The "reports" coming from that other world are clear, we are somehow different from other living beings and I can tell we produce quite different outcomes than other living forms.