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Speciesism and the equality of animals
Peter Singer is an Australian philosopher who has specialized in applied ethics whereby he approaches ethical issues from a secular, utilitarian perspective. His reputation has been built from his book, animal liberation in which he covers a lot of applied ethics in it. He is also the author of an article named, speciesism and the equality of animals. In this section, Peter talks mainly of speciesism of animals and their equality in the ecosystem whereby tall animals should be ethically considered since all animals are equal and need all equal attention.
The author argues that the speciesism should also be subjected to the fundamentals objections of sexism and racism. Human beings should therefore not use other animals to satisfy their needs as they cannot also use other human beings to satisfy their needs. The principle of equality should apply in human beings relations with other and animals too.
Singer also brings a point of considering the interest of all beings with the capacity of suffering or enjoyment. For different or the same species, therefore, one should always consider the impacts of actions or the interest of another person or species in enjoyment and suffering. Peter Singer also states that suffering can be taken into consideration when a being is suffering that is justified by the principles of equality that another being is also being counted as suffering. Nothing is however not taken into account when a being is experiencing enjoyment.

The authors also argue that racist violate the principle of equality by giving much attention to the interest of their races when there is a clash between them and another race. The sexist also violates the principle by giving much interest to the people of the same sex while sidelining those with the different sex. It is thus similar to speciesists to allow the interest of his other members to override the ones of another different species. In this situation, however, there is a lot of inequality taking place as the principle of equality is abused by the parties. Most of the human beings are also regarded to be speciesists as they only consider attending to the interest of other human beings and ignoring those of some species such as animals (Roberts, 277-281).
Speciesism in human beings mostly those living in urban areas get in contact with other species only when they are eaten, for example, some animals act as food including fish, chicken, and cattle which is done to satisfy the needs of human beings as they are used as sources of food to survive. Killing of animals and inflicting pain on them is regarded as an act of speciesism. The harsh treatment is however not limited to poultry but also pigs who now reared in cages are (Singer, 31-35).
The author, therefore, explains the relationship between human beings and other animals who are treated harshly with human beings. It, therefore, justifies that human beings are speciesists and do not observe the principles of equality.

Works Cited
Roberts, Tammy, et al., eds. The Broadview Anthology of Expository Prose. Broadview Press, 2011. P.277-281
Singer, Peter. “Why speciesism is wrong: A response to Kagan.” Journal of Applied Philosophy 33.1 (2016): 31-35.