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(philosophy, ethics) An ethical stance which opposes the unjustified consideration or treatment of sentient individuals who are not classified as belonging to a certain species..
But there may be strong pressure to go the other way — to surrender, in the name of autonomy and equity and anti-speciesism, to a future where humans and bots are treated interchangeably, where simulated relationships are assumed to be equal to real ones if enough people prefer them, and where the post-human ambitions of some technologists are taken up by the would-be spokesmen for the masses.
Use antispeciesism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Antispeciesism means (philosophy, ethics) An ethical stance which opposes the unjustified consideration or treatment of sentient individuals who are not classified as belonging to a certain species..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include speciesism.
But there may be strong pressure to go the other way — to surrender, in the name of autonomy and equity and anti-speciesism, to a future where humans and bots are treated interchangeably, where simulated relationships are assumed to be equal to real ones if enough people prefer them, and where the post-human ambitions of some technologists are taken up by the would-be spokesmen for the masses.
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