▁and ▁impro per ▁conduct ▁toward ▁animals . ▁Or ▁to ▁put ▁it ▁more ▁succ inct ly ▁if ▁being ▁human ▁isn ' t ▁what ▁requires ▁us ▁to ▁treat ▁animals ▁human ely , ▁what ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁does ?" ▁ ▁Animal ▁rights ▁▁ ▁Anth rop oc entr ism ▁has ▁been ▁critic ised ▁by ▁animal ▁rights ▁and ▁w elf are ▁advoc ates , ▁who ▁cont end ▁that ▁the ▁belief ▁that ▁humans ▁are ▁more ▁important ▁than ▁other ▁animals ▁is ▁false ▁and ▁that ▁like ▁humans , ▁non - human ▁animals ▁have ▁intr insic ▁value . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁of ▁these ▁critics ▁was ▁the ▁zo ologist ▁and ▁phil os opher ▁J . ▁Howard ▁Moore , ▁who ▁in ▁The ▁Universal ▁Kin ship ▁( 1 9 0 6 ) ▁argued ▁that ▁Charles ▁Dar win ' s ▁On ▁the ▁Origin ▁of ▁Species ▁( 1 8 5 9 ) ▁" se aled ▁the ▁do om ▁of ▁anth rop oc ent ric ism " ▁and ▁that : The ▁supposed ▁psych ical ▁g ulf ▁between ▁human ▁and ▁non - human ▁be ings ▁has ▁no ▁more ▁existence , ▁outside ▁the ▁fl am boy ant ▁imagination ▁of ▁man , ▁than ▁has ▁the ▁once - supp osed ▁physical ▁g ulf . ▁It ▁is ▁pure ▁fiction . ▁The ▁supp osition ▁is ▁a ▁re lic ▁of ▁the ▁rapidly ▁dw ind ling ▁van ity ▁of ▁anth rop oc ent ric ism , ▁and ▁is ▁perpet u ated ▁from ▁age ▁to ▁age ▁by ▁human ▁self ish ness ▁and ▁conce it . ▁It ▁has ▁no ▁foundation ▁either ▁in ▁science ▁or ▁in ▁common -