Editing Species Equality and the Philosophy of Interspecies Justice (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Understanding</span> ==
Interspecies justice is understood through '''Sentience''' and '''Expansion'''.

'''1. The "Circle" Argument (Singer's Ethics)''':
"If it can suffer, it matters."
* (See Article 665). **"Peter Singer"** "Argues" that "The Capacity" to "Suffer" is "The Only" "Morally Relevant" "Criterion."
* **"Race," "Gender," "Species"** — "All Are" "Morally Irrelevant."
* "Giving" "Less Weight" to "A Pig's Suffering" than "A Human's" simply "Because" "The Pig Is" "A Pig" is **"Speciesism"** — "Morally Equivalent" to "Racism."
* "Suffering" is **"The Currency of Ethics."**

'''2. The "Ape" Precedent (Great Ape Rights)''':
"Chimpanzees share 99% of our DNA — and our capacity for suffering."
* (See Article 693). "The Great Ape Project" "Campaigns" for "Basic Rights" for "Chimpanzees," "Bonobos," "Gorillas," and "Orangutans."
* "Argentina" "Granted" "An Orangutan" (Sandra) **"Non-Human Person Status"** in 2014.
* "Spain" "Passed" "A Resolution" "Protecting" "Great Apes" from "Experimentation."
* "The Circle" **"Is Expanding."**

'''3. The "Alien" Extension (First Contact)''':
"What do we owe intelligence we did not create?"
* (See Article 703). "If" "We Encounter" "Intelligent" "Extraterrestrial Life," our "Moral Framework" "Must" "Extend" to "Them."
* "A Civilization" "That Has" "Not Learned" to "Treat" "Earth's Animals" "Justly" is "Unlikely" to "Treat" "Aliens" "Justly."
* **"Interspecies Justice"** on "Earth" is "The Training Ground" for "Cosmic Ethics."
* "Our Treatment" of "Other Species" is **"A Measure" of "Our Civilization."**

'''The 'Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness' (2012)'''': "A Formal Scientific Statement" by "Leading Neuroscientists" (Signed at "A Conference" attended by "Stephen Hawking") declaring that "Birds," "Mammals," "Octopuses," and "Other Animals" "Possess" the "Neurological Substrates" for **"Conscious Experience."** It proved that "Animal Consciousness" is **"Scientific Consensus"** — "Making" "Speciesism" "Scientifically Indefensible."
</div>

<div style="background-color: #8B0000; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">