Speciesism and moral status

Metaphilosophy

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 567-581

  Singer, Peter ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animals; Disability; Ethics; Moral status; Speciesism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349600481     PISSN: 00261068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2009.01608.x     Document Type: Review

References (12)

1. See, for example, the essays in part 2 of Paola Cavalieri and Peter Singer, eds., The Great Ape Project: Equality Beyond Humanity (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994)
2. See the research by Juliane Kamiski and Sebastian Tempelmann, cited by Virginia Morell in "Minds of Their Own, "National Geographic, March 2008
3. See Irene Pepperberg, The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1999)
4. Quoted from Taskforce Independence, "Supported Accommodation for All Who Need It: A Reality, Not a Dream," available at www.nds.org.au/nsw/ Conferences/2007annual/papers/3.1b-Discussion%20Paper-Australia.doc. I have been unable to trace the original source
5. John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae, 1995
6. Bernard Williams, "The Human Prejudice," which appears, along with a response from me, in Peter Singer Under Fire, edited by Jeffrey Schaler (Chicago: Open Court, forthcoming)
7. Immanuel Kant, Lectures on Ethics, translated by Louis In.eld (New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1963), p. 239
8. Jeremy Bentham, Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789), chap. 17
9. Roger Scruton, "The Conscientious Carnivore," in Food for Thought, edited by Steve Sapntzis (Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus, 2004), pp. 81-91; the passage quoted is on p. 88
10. Quoted from Ann Bradley, "Why Shouldn't Women Abort Disabled Fetuses?" Living Marxism 82 (Sept. 1995)
11. Sam Verhovek, "Parents Defend Decision to Keep Disabled Girl Small," Los Angeles Times January 3, 2007
12. For discussion of other areas, see Peter Singer, Rethinking Life and Death (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995)