J. Howard Moore

(1862-1916)

American zoologist and philosopher

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John Howard Moore (December 4, 1862 – June 17, 1916) was an American zoologist, philosopher, educator and socialist. He advocated for the ethical consideration and treatment of animals and authored several articles, books, essays and pamphlets on ethics, vegetarianism, humanitarianism and education. He is best known for his work The Universal Kinship (1906), which advocated for a secular sentiocentric philosophy he called the doctrine of "Universal Kinship", based on the shared evolutionary kinship between all sentient beings.

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Born	4 December 1862 Linden, Atchison County, Missouri, United States
Died	17 June 1916 (aged 53) Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Zodiac	Sagittarius
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