1. Animals have an interest in fulfilling their basic needs, but also in avoiding suffering, and thus we ought
to extend moral consideration.
2. Singer viewed himself as a utilitarian, and presents a direct moral theory concerning animal rights, in
contrast to indirect positions, such as welfarist views.
3. He argued for extending moral consideration to animals because, similar to humans, animals have
certain significant interests.
4. The event that publicly announced animal rights as a legitimate issue within contemporary philosophy
was Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation text in 1975.
5. As such, we ought to view their interests alongside and equal to human interests, which results in
humans having direct moral duties towards animals