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"new ethics, because it is not only an extension of ethics, but also a transformation of the nature of ethics".

Similarly, Peter Singer argues that non-human animals deserve the same equality of consideration that we extend to human beings. His argument is roughly as follows:

# Membership in the species Homo sapiens is the only criterion of moral importance that includes all humans and excludes all non-humans.
# Using membership in the species Homo sapiens as a criterion of moral importance is completely arbitrary.
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