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Speciesism

LC control no.sh 00007220
Topical headingSpeciesism
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Variant(s)Animals, Discrimination against
Discrimination against animals
See alsoAnimal rights
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Animal welfare
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Found inWork cat.: Waldau, Paul Francis. The specter of speciesism : Buddhist and Christian views of animals, 2001.
Ryder, Richard D. The political animal : the conquest of speciesism, 1998.
Ryder, Richard D. Animal revolution : changing attitudes towards speciesism, 1989.
Web. 9th ed.: p. 1132 (prejudice or discrimination based on species; esp. discrimination against animals)
"The origin of speciesism" by Hugh LaFollette and Niall Shanks, Philosophy 1996: pp. 41-60.
Duvin, Edward S. Speciesism, Alive and well (the inherent superiority of one species over another; applying different standards to various species)
Machan, Tobor R. Do animals have rights?, 1990: p. 3 (at each level in nature, there are distinct criteria that make some member of species better than others)
Random House dict.
Amer. Heritage dict.
Encarta dict.