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Full Idea
Speciesism is falsely modelled on racism and sexism, which really are prejudices; ..our arguments have to be founded on the human point of view; they cannot be derived from a point of view that is no one's point of view at all.
Clarification
'Speciesism' is an irrational preference for humans over animals
Gist of Idea
Speciesism isn't like racism, because the former implies a viewpoint which belongs to no one
Source
Bernard Williams (Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy [1985], Ch. 6)
Book Ref
Williams,Bernard: 'Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy' [Fontana 1985], p.118
A Reaction
This must be wrong. How else are we going to judge cruelty to animals as wrong? The 'point of view of the Universe' (Sidgwick) is not an empty concept.