Animal Liberation
4.2
(5 ratings)352 pages2001Harper PerennialISBN 9780060011574
VegetarianismAnimal rightsAnimal welfareMoral and ethical aspectsAnimal rights movementRechten van het dierMens-dier-relatieBio-ethiek
About this book
<p><b>The Book That Started A Revolution</b></p><p>Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work has awakened millions of concerned men and women to the shocking abuse of animals everywhere -- inspiring a worldwide movement to eliminate much of the cruel and unnecessary laboratory animal experimentation of years past. <p>In this newly revised and expanded edition, author Peter Singer exposes the chilling realities of today's "factory forms" and product-testing procedures -- offering sound, humane solutions to what has become a profound environmental and social as well as moral issue. An important and persuasive appeal to conscience, fairness, decency and justice, <i>Animal Liberation</i> is essential reading for the supporter and the skeptic alike.</p>
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 9780060011574
- Language
- en
About Unknown Author
Peter Albert David Singer AC (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher and the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specializes in applied ethics and approaches ethical issues from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He is known in particular for his book Animal Liberation (1975), in which he argues in favor of veganism, and his essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality", in which he argues in favor of donating to help the global poor.
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