Against Strong Speciesism

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Author: Graft, Donald

Source: Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 14, Number 2, August 1997 , pp. 107-118(12)

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Abstract:

Speciesism, difference of treatment based on an appeal to species membership, is often likened to racism and sexism, and condemned on those grounds. Some philosophers, however, reject this argument by analogy and instead forward an argument for speciesism based on a postulated right of species to compete for survival. This paper attacks this strong form of speciesism by showing that the underlying concept of `species' is incoherent in the context of morality, and that strong speciesism has unacceptable corollaries.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-5930.00047

Publication date: 1997-08-01