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Singer argues that there is no moral justification for denying moral consideration to animals.

  1. Can you think of a reason why our moral consideration should includeall humans regardless of their level of cognitive ability, yet deniedto non-human animals simply because they have lower levels of cognitiveabilities (though still higher in some cases than those of human infantsand some mentally disabled humans)? To further clarify….it does seempossible that an adult dolphin may have a higher cognitive ability thanan infant or a mentally handicapped person.
  2. What response might Singer have to your way of drawing the linebetween the types of beings that should get moral consideration andthose that should not?