Peter Singer - Speciesism

• Put forward idea of ‘speciesism’, which is ‘a prejudice in favor of the interest of member of one’s own species.’
• Argues, it’s wrong to give humans greater right me than any other animal - same way it’s wrong to give one group of humans greater rights than another.
• Singer’s opposition to speciesism = he believes humans + animals should be treated with equal consideration - doesn’t believe life of humans = more important than if animals