The Origin of Speciesism
- 30 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Philosophy
- Vol. 71 (275) , 41-61
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031819100053250
Abstract
Anti-vivisectionists charge that animal experimenters are speciesists—people who unjustly discriminate against members of other species. Until recently most defenders of experimentation denied the charge. After the publication of The Case for the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research in the New England Journal of Medicine, experimenters had a more aggressive reply: I am a speciesist. Speciesism is not merely plausible, it is essential for right conduct .... Most researchers now embrace Cohen's response as part of their defense of animal experimentation. Cohen asserts that both rights and utilitarian argumentsKeywords
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