Journal article
The psychological speciesism of humanism
Philosophical studies, Vol.178(5), pp.1545-1569
06/19/2020
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-020-01495-y
Abstract
Humanists argue for assigning the highest moral status to all humans over any non-humans directly or indirectly on the basis of uniquely superior human cognitive abilities. They may also claim that humanism is the strongest position from which to combat racism, sexism, and other forms of within-species discrimination. I argue that changing conceptual foundations in comparative research and discoveries of advanced cognition in many non-human species reveal humanism’s psychological speciesism and its similarity with common justifications of within-species discrimination.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The psychological speciesism of humanism
- Creators
- Carrie Figdor
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Philosophical studies, Vol.178(5), pp.1545-1569
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11098-020-01495-y
- ISSN
- 0031-8116
- eISSN
- 1573-0883
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/19/2020
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Philosophy
- Record Identifier
- 9984070784302771
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