The roots of white supremacy
"Singer’s stance challenges human exceptionalism, the view that humans are greater in moral value than nonhuman beings simply by virtue of being human. Our species imagines itself occupying the top rung of a mythical scala naturae (‘great chain of being’) that places all other species on lower levels according to how similar they are to us."
https://aeon.co/essays/why-nonhuman-beings-should-be-granted-personhood-rights#Echobox=1663215230-2
Gerry McGovern /
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2024-08-05 12:50:02
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