Speciesism and Sentientism

Many philosophers accept both of the following claims: (1) consciousness matters morally, and (2) species membership does not matter morally. In other words, many reject speciesism but what we might call 'sentientism'. But do reasons against yield analogous sentientism, just as racism sexism are thought to speciesism? This paper argues that is disanalogous sentientism (as well sexism). I make a case for asymmetry: (a) some non-humans clearly have interests, (b) no non-conscious entities interests. asymmetry, argue, renders immune principal argument speciesism.