dpoint is "Te claim to equality does not depend on intelligence, moral capacity, physical strength, or similar matters of fact. Equality is a moral idea not an assertion of fact". Singer thinks the simple idea of equalities among humans alone is just a blueprint for how we should morally treat other people. Equality for any being should not be based on competence or intelligence. Singer testifies that "The taking into account of the interests of the being, whatever those interests maybe must, according to the principle of equality be extended to all beings, black or white, masculine or feminine, human or nonhuman". His foundation for the principle of equality comes from philosophers Jeremy Bentham and Henry Sidgwick, they both reasoned that no one individual is any more important than another in the grand scheme of things. They are comparing one individual to the immense size of all life to show how insignificant we all really are.
             Singer then proceeds to define speciesism as a prejudice or attitude of bias toward the interests of members of ones own species and against those of members of other species. A speciesist permits his or her own welfare to take priority over the greater interests of members of other species.
             Singer believes that the majority of humans should be considered speciesists for their eating habits alone. He describes in great detail the treatment of chickens and cows before they are killed and shipped out to the supermarkets for consumption. He elucidates the types of conditions in which farm animals live their entire lives. He describes how the conditions will change at the expense of the animal's welfare in order for the distributor to make a larger
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