... , the interests of various sentient beings can be considered equally, unless there is some condition or reason which denies equal moral consideration. And this is precisely the goal of this essay, to determine if species difference is morally relevant. The capacities which Singer identifies explicitly limit the concern here to sentient beings which will exclude plants and organisms which naturally lack ... problem with the former seems apparent enough as a simple species bias, while the latter is an argument against speciesism itself, as many marginal cases of human beings cannot meet th...

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