In my other philosophy class today, we discussed animal rights. We talked, specifically about Peter Singer. I totally disagree with a lot of what he says. One of the things he said (and they said in No Dogs or Philosophers Allowed) was that being a speciecist was as bad as being a racist. I totally disagree with that.
Singer went further to compare a chicken and a child, and a dolphin and a comatose person. I agree that animals have intelligence and the ability to reason, but i do not think that these things can be compared They are very different things that need to be looked at separately.
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Read some Singer firsthand; he's a very careful and insightful thinker.
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