PHIL 1550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jeremy Bentham, Speciesism
14 Oct 2015
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The foremost proponent of animal rights is peter singer, a philosopher originally from. Singer is a utilitarian, and believes that our unfounded preference for our own kind-humans-is biased or prejudiced judgement that is unfair to animals, which are like us in morally relevant ways. Animals feel pain-they are sentient that they can be hunt and harmed means we have to the responsibility not to harm them. This argument is taken directly from jeremy bentham. All animals are stakeholders, and must be taken into account in our decisions and actions, maximizing their pleasure /happiness/utility. We should recognize their rights, and moral consideration. His theory is the basis for the organization. To contrast this with an opposing view, we look to william baxter, and his article people or. He puts our treatment of nature into practice business terms. He believes animals are another resource, not to be wasted, but not given any special consideration. Animals have no moral standing; only humans do.
