Speciesism

The term speciesism has been used to describe discrimination on the basis of species, by analogy with such terms as "chauvinism" (discrimination on the basis of sex) and racism (discrimination on the basis of race).

In practice the term is used to refer to discrimination against non-human animals by human beings. Anti-speciesism is advocated by some animal rights philosphers such as Peter Singer, but radical anti-speciesism is extremely rare and probably unworkable in practice.

See also discussion under Physicalism