Singer's Principle Of Equality

Singer argues that the basic principle of equality doesn’t mean that we have to treat all groups of beings the exact same way or afford them the same rights. He uses the example of women and men being treated equally but not giving men the right to have an abortion because they don’t need that right. He argues that we should give equal consideration to all beings and that equality shouldn’t depend on moral capacity, intelligence, or physical traits. These factual differences shouldn’t determine how someone is treated. He says that human’s should not discriminate against other humans with a lower degree of intelligence and therefore should not discriminate against nonhuman animals. Lastly, he argues that when deciding whether or not we