Animal Liberation: The Definitive Classic of the Animal Movement

Singer, IRA W Decamp Professor of Bioethics Peter

ISBN 10: 0061711306 / ISBN 13: 9780061711305

Published by Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Animal Liberation: The Definitive Classic of the Animal Movement
• Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061711306
• ISBN 13: 9780061711305
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

“A most important book that will change the way many of us look at animals—and, ultimately, at ourselves.” — Chicago Tribune

Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work has awakened millions of people to the existence of "speciesism"—our systematic disregard of nonhuman animals—inspiring a worldwide movement to transform our attitudes to animals and eliminate the cruelty we inflict on them.

In Animal Liberation, author Peter Singer exposes the chilling realities of today's "factory farms" and product-testing procedures—destroying the spurious justifications behind them, and offering alternatives 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, it is essential reading for the supporter and the skeptic alike.

About the Author

Peter Singer is widely acknowledged as the father of the animal rights movement and one of the most renowned writers on contemporary ethics. He is co-founder of The Life You Can Save, an organization that aims to help those living in extreme poverty; and Animals Australia, that country's largest and most effective animal organization. His many other books include Why Vegan?, The Life You Can Save, Writings on an Ethical Life, Rethinking Life and Death, and Practical Ethics. Since 1999, Singer has served as Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University’s Center for Human Values. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.