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Animal Liberation by: Peter Singer List Price: $14.95 Vegetarian Books Price: $10.17 You Save: $4.78 (32%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 179.3 EAN: 9780060011574 ISBN: 0060011572 Label: Harper Perennial Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: December 01, 2001 Publisher: Harper Perennial Release Date: December 18, 2001 Studio: Harper Perennial Sales Rank: 24656 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. 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, Animal Liberation is essential reading for the supporter and the skeptic alike. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - An eye opener that anyone unaware of what is happening to animals should readI learned so much from Animal Liberation. It was an eye opener in many aspects. I had read about animal farming, but didn't know much about lab testing. Peter Singer exposes humans using animals for our benefits. Animals are a convenience for our health - through animal testing - or for our food consumption. He says that animal experimentation will only be ended when a series of piecemeal reforms have reduced its importance, and that our immediate task is to work for these partial goals, which can be milestones to the elimination of all exploitation of animals. By this, Singer emphasizes that in order to reach those goals, we first need to eliminate speciesism. But he later also says that "cruelty is acknowledged only where profitability ceases". ... Read More: Rating:  - a rational argument in favor of an ethical perspective on non-human animalsThis book, more than any other shook the foundation of my perspective on animal suffering and enlightened me to the suffering we all cause to non-human animals every day. Singer shows the reader what harm is being done and that doing no harm is not simply a matter of continuing the comfortable pattern of thoughts and behaviors that are the majority in human societies. Singer's rational and utilitarian approach is the perfect antidote to both irrational and reactionary arguments against the validation of this suffering and also the stereotype of vegans and those in favor of animal rights as overly sentimental animal lovers. His writing is precise, his examples measured and his arguments never pedantic or repetitive. Singer ... Read More: Rating: - the most useful, convincing, and enjoyable introduction to this topicThis is the only book I have ever rated five stars. Animal Liberation sparked a worldwide movement since the first edition's publication in 1975. Had this book not been published, you probably would never have heard of animal rights. It presents a well-argued, concise overview of each issue: In chapter 1, Singer argues that the most basic principles of ethics that we apply to humans - against causing pain and suffering for trivial reasons - apply to members of other species precisely because they are capable of experiencing pain and suffering as intensely as members of our own species. He claims that our attitude of assuming that the suffering of other species cannot be taken seriously is therefore a form of ... Read More: Rating:  - The fruits of atheismSinger would do well to read the Declaration of Independence, written by men far more ethical and wise than he: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." This simple yet profound statement cuts directly to the heart of the so-called animal "rights" debate and shines a glaring spotlight on the moral and ethical bankruptcy of those who equate animals with people. Simply put, they do not believe in the Judeo-Christian God. Whether such a god exists is beside the point. The ethical nihilism that is the natural result of atheism leads irrevocably to ... Read More: Rating: - Revolutionary bookThis book is like an enlightment.Peter singer managed to dissecate the speciesist assumption that animals dont count on the ethics equation. The book ranges from the explanation of the argument for animal rigths in a remarkable way, it traces the philosophical background of speciesism in history and it also show us examples of the consequences of our speciesism, factory farming, animal experimentation etc... Its a must have to everyone that wants a better society for all, animals included. |
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