speciesism
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- noun
- /ˈspiːʃiˌzɪzəm/
- To do otherwise gives credence to the charge by animal-activist philosophers like Peter Singer and Tom Regan that our use of animals reflects self-serving speciesism, pure and simple.
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I find it interesting that no one (that I know) wants friends that are racist or sexist, but somehow we have to allow for speciesism in our friends.
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Opposing speciesism is incompatible with engaging in sexism or any other form of discrimination, such as racism, heterosexism, classism, and other forms of oppression.
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We must not only overcome what the animal rights activists have called speciesism.
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It's more like comparing racism to speciesism.
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Jeremy Bentham argued that we should weigh animal suffering in our moral decision-making, and Peter Singer's concept of speciesism is a modern version of that utilitarian approach.
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No, speciesism arises when one is involved in a particular deliberative, considered decision-making procedure that involves the potential for harm to a given organism (that is, when one is making a moral decision) and one includes in the decision calculus the species of the individual when that is not relevant.
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The belief that one species is superior to others and deserves different or greater moral consideration or rights is known as speciesism.
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Many activists fight against speciesism, arguing that all living beings should be treated with respect.
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Critics of speciesism emphasize the need for equal consideration of all species in moral decision-making.
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Etymology
Speciesism comes from species ('type' or 'kind') and the ending -ism, which is in words like racism and sexism to mean 'a harmful belief' or 'unfair treatment'. So, speciesism is the idea of treating one type of animal (especially humans) as better than others and giving them different moral rights.