Introduction
Peter Singer is a strong advocate of animal liberation or emancipation. He challenged the widely held notion that animals should be treated differently because human beings are more valuable or superior. He believed that all animals are equal and all the animal’s interests should be highly considered.
Animal Liberation: It is argued that human beings are rational, use language and are autonomous while animals are not. However, Singer argues that this is an invalid argument since not all human beings are rational, self-aware, have a language or are independent. Infants do not have a language while there are those adults who are ...