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2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The World Day Against Speciesism is marked on which date?
A
June 6
B
June 3
C
June 5
D
June 4
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A similar event called the World Day Against Speciesism is held on 5 June each year.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term ‘speciesism’ was once coined to name discrimination against nonhuman animals (Ryder 1975) as well as the bias that such discrimination expresses (Singer 2009 [1975]). It has sparked a debate on criteria for being morally considerable and the relative significance of human and nonhuman animals’ interests.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term speciesism was coined in 1970 by Richard D. Ryder, in a privately published pamphlet. Peter Singer took the term from Ryder and popularized it in Animal Liberation (1975).

Detailed explanation-4: -speciesism, in applied ethics and the philosophy of animal rights, the practice of treating members of one species as morally more important than members of other species; also, the belief that this practice is justified.

Detailed explanation-5: -Working to end speciesism means considering the impact of your actions and words on animals in your everyday life and working to eliminate any harm to them.

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