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zoocentrism

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zoocentrism (uncountable)

A viewpoint or theory that focuses on animals, giving them preference above all other considerations.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Zoocentrism is the primary fallacy of human sociobiology, for this view of human behavior rests on the argument that if the actions of "lower" animals with simple nervous systems arise as genetic products of natural selection, then human behavior should have a similar basis. Stephen Jay Gould

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