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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Moral Circle''' β "The Set" of "Beings" "Considered" to "Have" "Moral Status" β "Whose Interests" "Must Be Considered" in "Ethical Decision-Making." * '''Speciesism''' β (Peter Singer). "Discrimination" "Based" on "Species Membership" β "Giving" "Preference" to "One Species" (Humans) "Simply Because" they "Are" "That Species." * '''The Great Ape Project''' β (Peter Singer & Paola Cavalieri, 1993). "A Campaign" to "Extend" "Basic" "Human Rights" (Life, Liberty, Freedom from Torture) to "The Non-Human Great Apes." * '''Sentience''' β "The Capacity" to "Have" "Subjective Experiences" β "To Feel" "Pleasure" and "Pain": "The Morally Relevant" "Criterion" for "Singer's Ethics." * '''The 'Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness'''' (2012) β "A Scientific Statement" by "Leading Neuroscientists" that **"Non-Human Animals"** (Including "Octopuses," "Birds," "Mammals") "Possess" the "Neurological" "Substrates" for "Conscious States." * '''First Contact Ethics''' β "The Philosophy" of "How" "Humanity" "Should Behave" if it "Encounters" "Intelligent" "Extraterrestrial Life" (see Article 703). * '''Interspecies Justice''' β "The Extension" of "Justice" "Principles" (Fairness, Rights, Non-Harm) to "Relations" between "Different Species." * '''The Intrinsic Value of Non-Human Life''' β "The View" (see Article 665) that "Non-Human Beings" have "Value" **"Independent" of "Their Usefulness" to "Humans."** * '''Wild Animal Suffering''' β "The Ethical Problem" of "Whether" "Humans" have "An Obligation" to "Reduce" "The Suffering" of "Wild Animals" β "Not Just" "Animals" "In Human" "Care." * '''Moral Status''' β "The Property" of "Being" "An Entity" "Whose Interests" "Must Be Given" "Weight" in "Moral" "Deliberation." </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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