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Is Singer's Ethics Speciesist?

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  • Roger Fjellstrom

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To show favouritism toward humans has been considered a prejudice, otherwise known as ‘human chauvinism’, ‘anthropocentrism’ or ‘speciesism’. Peter Singer is one philosopher in particular who holds this view. In this paper I argue that there is a lack of coherence between his ethical ideology and his actual ethical theory. Singer's ethics in crucial respects exhibits favouritism toward humans, which is something he fails to justify non-partially and plausibly. It would thus be an instance of speciesism, in a sense of this term that he probably would accept. This, however, does not mean that his ethics should be rejected or is impossible to defend.

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  • Roger Fjellstrom, 2003. "Is Singer's Ethics Speciesist?," Environmental Values, , vol. 12(1), pages 91-106, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envval:v:12:y:2003:i:1:p:91-106
    DOI: 10.3197/096327103129341243
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