Philosopher Peter Singer: ‘There’s no reason to say humans have more worth or moral status than animals’ | Animal welfare | … https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/21/philosopher-peter-singer-theres-no-reason-to-say-humans-have-more-worth-or-moral-status-th…, Based on my commitment to keep our movement informed of major media stories about animals, I recently sent out, on DawnWatch, a New York Times op-ed written by Peter Singer. I did not comment on it, though I know my readers expect me to weigh in on what I send., We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us., According to ratiocentrism, adult humans deserve moral consideration because they are rational (i.e., they act on reasons, not just on impulses or instincts).[4] Ratiocentrism has the plausible implication that if rational space aliens exist, they also deserve moral consideration., The process should not stop there,” Singer wrote in his 1981 book The Expanding Circle, adding that to stop at human beings would be arbitrary., Secular arguments for equal and exclusively human worth generally tend to follow one of two strategies..