Speciesism (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Waldau, Paul Francis. The specter of speciesism : Buddhist and Christian views of animals, 2001.

Ryder, Richard D. The political animal : the conquest of speciesism, 1998.

Ryder, Richard D. Animal revolution : changing attitudes towards speciesism, 1989.

Web. 9th ed.: p. 1132 (prejudice or discrimination based on species; esp. discrimination against animals)

"The origin of speciesism" by Hugh LaFollette and Niall Shanks, Philosophy 1996: pp. 41-60.

Duvin, Edward S. Speciesism, Alive and well (the inherent superiority of one species over another; applying different standards to various species)

Machan, Tobor R. Do animals have rights?, 1990: p. 3 (at each level in nature, there are distinct criteria that make some member of species better than others)

Random House dict.

Amer. Heritage dict.

Encarta dict.