PHILOS 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: East Los Angeles College, Shaky Ground, Speciesism
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Not seeing abuse happening directly in front of you is not a good reason for not doing anything about it. A liberation movement demands an expansion of our moral horizons and an extension or re-interpretation of the basic moral principle of equality. Practices that were previously regarded as natural and inevitable come to be seen as the result of an unjustifiable prejudice. We need to consider our attitudes from the point of view of those most disadvantaged by our attitudes. Animal liberation: we must extend to other species the basic moral principle of equality that most of us recognize should be extended to all members of our own species. Mary wollstonecraft"s vindication of the rights of women was parodied by philosopher. He said that wollstonecraft"s arguments could be carried one step further: Yet to hold that brutes had rights was manifestly absurd.
