Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Peter Singer famously argued in Animal Liberation that almost all of us are speciesists, unjustifiably favoring the interests of humans over the similar interests of other animals. Although the author long found that charge compelling, this essay expresses growing doubts. It starts by trying to get clear about the nature of speciesism, and then argues that Singer’s attempt to show that speciesism is a mere prejudice is unsuccessful. Nonetheless, most of us are not actually speciesists at all, but rather accept a view called modal personism. Although the defense of modal personism in this essay is tentative, it is, at the very least, a philosophical view worthy of further consideration.</jats:p>