The idea that non-human animals have significant moral status is comparatively modern. It owes much to the work of philosopher Peter Singer and his 1975 book 'Animal Liberation'. Animal lovers ...

This meant that animals were not the sort of thing that was entitled to have any rights - or indeed any moral consideration at all. This view comes originally from the Bible, but probably reflects ...

For the nonhuman animal cause, the 19th century’s end would bring to a close a defining period—a transformative 30-year era ...

Ethical debates about the morality of driving tend to stop at the possible harm to humans. This is surprising, considering ...

Jeff Sebo considers who matters, what matters, and why and skillfully uses science and philosophy to ask us to broaden the scope of ethics and to reject human exceptionalism.

Here's what Jeff had to say about his challenging and compelling new book that expands the biodiversity of protected groups of animals and other entities. Marc Bekoff: Why did you write The Moral ...