RichardKennaway comments on Arguments Against Speciesism - LessWrong

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Comment author: Ruairi 28 July 2013 08:36:13PM *  14 points [-]

"If all nonhumans truly weren't sentient, then obviously singling out humans for the sphere of moral concern would not be speciesist."

David Pearce sums up antispeciesism excellently saying:

"The antispeciesist claims that, other things being equal, conscious beings of equivalent sentience deserve equal care and respect."

Comment author: RichardKennaway 31 July 2013 01:08:30PM 1 point [-]

"The antispeciesist claims that, other things being equal, conscious beings of equivalent sentience deserve equal care and respect."

Surely the antispeciesist claims that nothing else needs to be equal?