PHIL 1550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mark Rowlands, Speciesism
19 Apr 2016
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Moral standing, the value of lives, and speciesism. We have discussed and evaluated in part peter singer"s argument for animal rights. Argues that animals belong in the moral community. We must give equal consideration to the interests on animals when we consider whether it is right or. Singer in effect modernizes bentham"s argument for animal rights. Utilitarians believe that each human is worthy of equal consideration, and that each individual counts. To exclude sentient animals from moral consideration is speciesist. We also discussed an argument outlined in mark rowland"s book animals like us. Rowland argues that there can be no difference in the entitlements of members of two groups unless. A morally relevant differences are differences we can control for which we deserve praise (or reward) Differences that are beyond our control are not morally relevant. Today it is largely uncontroversial that differences in race, gender, or sexual orientation are not morally or blame relevant.
