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Speciesism as Unjust Bias
- Speciesism is an unjust bias similar to racism and sexism, unjustly favoring one's own species.
- Ethical consistency demands extending equal consideration to non-human animals' interests as to humans'.
Pleasure and Pain as Intrinsic Values
- Pleasure is intrinsically good and pain intrinsically bad, self-evident upon reflection.
- Only conscious experiences possess intrinsic value, not external virtues or objects.
Self-Evident Moral Truths
- Moral axioms like "pleasure is good" can be self-evident, revealed through rational reflection.
- Such axioms have differing degrees of certainty but provide a foundation for moral reasoning.