Singler explores the concept of utilitarianism, which means doing good for as many persons as possible, and is widely applied in the human society. The acts of such exploitation are called genocide, apartheid or slavery and they are widely judged in the human society all around the world. As stated in Singer’s book called “Animal Liberation” similar exploitation of humans can be found in our history (33). The examples of such acts are farming and breeding animals for food or for sale (in case of cats and dogs of expensive and rare breeds), testing drugs and medications on animals of various kinds such as rats, rabbits, dogs, pigs and monkeys, exploiting animals heavily for hard physical labor and entertainment. Finally, I will mention the most common responses to my arguments and offer critical discussion of them.Īccording to Singer, humans constantly participate in acts of moral wrongdoing directed at non-human animals. I will also explore the notion and speciesism and how the examples of racism and sexism can be found within this phenomenon. I will support Singer’s point of view stating that technically humans belong to the category of animals, which makes their exploitation of non-human animals for their own use, safety, prosperity and pleasure cruel, selfish and immoral. I will also focus on the concept of speciesism and the meaning Singer included into it.
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