The Universal Kinship
First edition cover | |
| Author | J. Howard Moore |
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| Language | English |
| Series | International Library of Social Science |
| Subject | Animal ethics, evolution, zoology |
| Genre | Philosophy |
| Publisher | Charles H. Kerr & Co. |
Publication date | 1906 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 329 |
| OCLC | 3704446 |
| Text | The Universal Kinship at the Internet Archive |
The Universal Kinship is a 1906 book by American zoologist and philosopher J. Howard Moore. In the book, Moore presents a doctrine of Universal Kinship, a secular sentientist philosophy that calls for the ethical consideration of all sentient beings, based on Darwinian principles of shared evolutionary kinship and a universal application of the Golden Rule, questioning anthropocentric ethical systems. The book built on arguments Moore first made in Better-World Philosophy (1899) and was followed by The New Ethics (1907). The Universal Kinship was endorsed by several contemporary figures, including Henry S. Salt, Mark Twain, Jack London, Eugene V. Debs, and Mona Caird.