antispeciesism
nounEtymology From anti- + speciesism.
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Ethics, Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences An ethical stance which opposes the unjustified consideration or treatment of sentient individuals who are not classified as belonging to a certain species.
- But there may be strong pressure to go the other way — to surrender, in the name of autonomy and equity and anti-speciesism, to a future where humans and bots are treated interchangeably, where simulated relationships are assumed to be equal to real ones if enough people prefer them, and where the post-human ambitions of some technologists are taken up by the would-be spokesmen for the masses.2026 February 10, Ross Douthat, “The Left Needs a Sharper A.I. Politics”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- antispeciesist