MODR 1730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: James Rachels, Speciesism, Intensive Animal Farming
6 Dec 2018
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Focuses on the readings rather than the lectures. Animal rights, vegetarianism capital punishment including the problem cases. Animals should be treated differently than humans. Assumes humans are self-conscience and rational, whereas animals are not. This fact allows for kant to conclude that we have no duties to animals themselves, but only to other humans. Our duties to animals only exist if they are indirect duties to humans, For example, if someone is hurt when you hurt an animal, then you should not, to spare the humans feelings. Speciesism is defined as a prejudice or attitude of bias towards another species . Singer argues that speciesism is analogous with racism and sexism. The rights of people, women, and religions should be valued, just as the rights of. It is just as unjust to be sexist or racist, as it is to be speciesist animals should be. He argues we should stop unnecessary harming and killing of animals, especially for food.
