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Dr François Jaquet, PhD

26th June 2023

is Lecturer in Ethics and the Deputy Director of the Ethics Master at the Université de Strasbourg (France), as well as a statutory member of the Archives Henri Poincaré—Philosophie et Recherches sur les Sciences et les Technologies. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from the Université de Genève (Switzerland) for a dissertation on the “now-what question” for moral error theorists: what to do with our moral beliefs if they are all false? Since 2019, he has specialized in animal ethics, with a focus on the notion of speciesism. His publications on this topic include “Is Speciesism Wrong by Definition?” (Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 2019), “A Debunking Argument Against Speciesism” (Synthese, 2021), “What’s Wrong with Speciesism” (Journal of Value Inquiry, 2022), “Speciesism and Tribalism: Embarrassing Origins” (Philosophical Studies, 2022), and “Utilitarianism and the Moral Status of Animals: A Psychological Perspective” (Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 2022, with Manon Gouiran and Florian Cova). He is currently writing a monograph (in French) on the ontology and ethics of speciesism, which will address such questions as: What exactly is speciesism? Does speciesism really exist? Is speciesism morally acceptable?