What is speciesism?

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-266

  Horta, Oscar ^a,b  

^a Fundacion Espanola para la Ciencia y la Tecnologia   (Spain)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropocentrism; Argument from Relevance; Argument from Species Overlap; Discrimination; Misothery; Speciesism

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; SOCIAL THEORY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77952239033     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-009-9205-2     Document Type: Article

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