Speciesism
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Speciesism is an idea, which says that
because something is human is enough reason for
something to have greater moral rights than non-humans.
Peter Singer is a utilitarian (looks for the greatest amount of happiness for the largest number of people) philosopher
who has written extensively about this topic. In his work ‘Animal Liberation’ (1975),
Singer discussed speciesism as ‘a prejudice or bias in favour of the interests or members of one’s own
species and against those of members of other species. It is believed that when faced with a difficulty when
an impulsive decision is needed, most people will act with a speciesist tendency. An example of this
would be that if an animal and a child fell into a river, the natural reaction without thinking is to save
the child before the animal.
Some philosophers and ethical thinkers would argue that it is biologically natural to
favour your own species and that subconsciously, virtually all humans treat humans as
a better species than animals.
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