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I will argue that these arguments are insufficient to show that all humans have moral status but no animals do. This does not prove that animals have moral status but it does shift the burden of proof onto those who want to maintain that all humans are morally considerable, but no animals are. Keywords Marginal Humans The Argument From Kinds The Similarity Argument Argument From Similarity Categories Animal Ethics, Misc in Applied Ethics Moral Status of Animals in Applied Ethics Speciesism in Applied Ethics (categorize this paper) Options Edit this record Mark as duplicate Export citation Find it on Scholar Request removal from index Translate to english Revision history Download options PhilArchive copy Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy Papers currently archived: 72,541 External links facta.junis.ni.ac.rs (no proxy) Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server Configure custom proxy (use this if your affiliation does not provide a proxy) Through your library Sign in / register and customize your OpenURL resolver.. Configure custom resolver References found in this work BETA What We Owe to Each Other.Thomas Scanlon - 1998 - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 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