He claims that foetuses are full human beings, but he thinks that it does not in itself tell us whether it is wrong to take that being's life. Singer is too moral to eat meat, but he doesn't find anything unethical about killing disabled newborn babies.
Nonetheless, Singer still opposes meat-eating, since although the animals have no preference to not die, they do have a preference to not feel pain - and the processes of farming and slaughtering will inevitably cause them pain, thus violating their preferences. Therefore, in and of itself, killing animals is not wrong. Since most animals likely have no concept of death, they cannot have a desire to go on living. But not because the human being is human, that is, a member of the species Homo sapiens."Īlthough Singer is a professed vegetarian, he does not believe it is wrong in principle to kill animals for food. "Yes, in almost all cases I would save the human being."If you had to save either a human being or a mouse from a fire, with no time to save them both, wouldn’t you save the human being?".As such, Singer completely rejects the idea that humans are a " special" animal. Singer argues that there is no reason not to apply this to other animals - utilitarianism takes into account only pain and pleasure and animals can also experience pain and pleasure. His central message in the book is an expansion of the utilitarian idea that action is right if it promotes happiness of everyone affected by it. Singer is best known for his book Animal Liberation (published in January, 1975) which has been cited as one of the most influential texts in the animal rights movement.
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