Animal Ethics

JUNE 8, 2008

To treat the dog's pain as less important because it is a dog not a man is speciesism (a nasty word for a nasty thing). If my dog and I both have headaches then the dog should have the one available aspirin if it has the worse headache. John Benson, "Duty and the Beast," Philosophy 53 [October 1978]: 529-49, at 530)

Speciesism 40

Speciesism Suffering Dogs Species 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2009

It would be argued that to suppose that a bird’s life is less valuable than a human life is a form of speciesism, a doctrine of prejudice analogous to racism and sexism. On this hard-line view one ought never to kill any nonhuman animal unless it were right to kill a human being in the same circumstance.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Meat Vegan 40

Animal Ethics

MAY 6, 2009

The Argument from Speciesism If there is some doubt whether the arguments from monkeys and from glass walls should be considered moral arguments, there can be no doubt about the moral import of the argument from speciesism. Just as racism and sexism are to be morally condemned, so is speciesism.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Speciesism Killing 40