Equality for Animals

In chapter three, Singer continues his discussion on equality, however this time, it isn’t just applied to equality of humans, but also the equality of animals. He does this by basing implications for our disposition towards speciesism in practice (in more general terms, using animals for food), experimenting on animals, whether or not animals can feel pain, the fact that since animals eat each other, why can’t we (humans) eat them also, the …

…hence we are all equal. He continues his argument that all beings, whether human or animal have spirits/souls, -that make us all similar, and in a sense, equal. I believe that this is foolish. The fact of whether God had anything to do with humans or animals is completely irrelevant. The fact is that we as humans have greater intellectual abilities than that of animals, and hence are able to take advantage of it.