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ALL TOO HUMAN? SPECIESISM, RACISM, AND SEXISM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2016

Andrew Oberg
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Abstract

The issue of how we ought to treat the nonhuman animals in our lives is one that has been growing in importance over the past forty years. A common charge is that discriminatory behavior based only on differences of species membership is just as wrong morally as are acts of racism or sexism. Is such a charge sustainable? It is argued that such reasoning confuses real differences with false ones, may have negative ethical consequences, and could tempt us to abandon our responsibilities to the natural world. Finally, some benefits to human animal treatment that more humane nonhuman animal treatment may bring are considered.

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Think , Volume 15 , Issue 43 , Summer 2016 , pp. 39 - 50
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2016 

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