Species egalitarianism is used to recognize the concept that all members of a species hold the same moral stance. Ethical standing entails, at the actual least, commanding respect besides being something additional than a thing. There are many reasons that all species are supposed to have moral standing even in the most basic sense and there are reasons why they are supposed to command the same level of respect if this is the case. The article summarizes critical answers to Paul Taylor’s case for species equality and then explains why other species deserve our respect but not equal respect. People who accept species egalitarianism are more motivated by the intuition that we should respect nature, but one does not have to be species egalitarian to respect the spectacles of the physical world. The article continues by enquiring whether species fairness can be reconciled through the environmental ethic of resource planning and management.
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