Speciesism, moral consideration and anthropocentrism

This video begins the second module of our course, which concerns the ethics of our treatment of animals and the evidence of their sentience. This video covers what moral consideration means and how speciesism consists of withholding moral consideration towards other species. It describes how having interests (by being sentient) is the correct criterion for determining moral consideration. It describes the different forms that speciesism can take and how they all constitute harmful discrimination.

In this course about wild animal suffering, you'll learn about the plight of animals living in the wild. Find out what the lives of the most numerous animals — invertebrates — are actually like and get an overview of evidence of their sentience (consciousness). Hear what the contemporary debates in animal ethics are and how they relate to showing moral consideration for nonhuman animals. Find out about a proposed field of research called welfare biology, the study of the wellbeing of animals living in the wild.

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