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Name Professor Course Date Speciesism and the equality of animals Peter Singer is an Australian philosopher who has specialized in applied ethics whereby he approaches ethical issues from a secular, utilitarian perspective. His reputation has been built from his book, animal liberation in which he covers a lot of applied ethics in it. He is also the author of an article named, speciesism and the equality of animals. In this section, Peter talks mainly of speciesism of animals and their equality in the ecosystem whereby tall animals should be ethically considered since all animals are equal and need all equal attention. The author argues that the speciesism should also be subjected to the fundamentals objections of sexism and racism. Human beings should therefore not use other animals to satisfy their needs as they cannot also use other human beings to satisfy their needs. The principle of equality should apply in human beings relations with other and animals too. Singer also brings a point of considering the interest of all beings with the capacity of suffering or enjoyment. For different or the same species, therefore, one should always consider the impacts of actions or the interest of another person or species in enjoyment and suffering. Peter Singer also states that suffering can be taken into consideration when a being is suffering that is justified by the principles of equality that another being is also being counted as suffering. Nothing is however not taken into account when a being is experiencing enjoyment. The authors also argue that racist violate the principle of equality by giving much attention to the interest of their races when there is a
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