Animal Liberation - Softcover

Singer, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847923844 ISBN 13: 9781847923844

Publisher: Bodley Head, 2015

Synopsis

How should we treat non-human animals? In this immensely powerful and influential book (now with a new introduction by Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari), the renowned moral philosopher Peter Singer addresses this simple question with trenchant, dispassionate reasoning. Accompanied by the disturbing evidence of factory farms and laboratories, his answers triggered the birth of the animal rights movement.

'An extraordinary book which has had extraordinary effects... Widely known as the bible of the animal liberation movement' Independent on Sunday

In the decades since this landmark classic first appeared, some public attitudes to animals may have changed but our continued abuse of animals in factory farms and as tools for research shows that the underlying ideas Singer exposes as ethically indefensible are still dominating the way we treat animals. As Yuval Harari’s brilliantly argued introduction makes clear, this book is as relevant now as the day it was written.

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"In my mind, it is one the most important books of the last 100 years. It expands our moral horizons beyond our own species and is thereby a major evolution in ethics" (Peter Tatchell Ecologist)

"One of the most important books of the past 100 years... a major evolution in ethics" (Peter Tatchell The Week)

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'An extraordinary book which has had extraordinary effects... Widely known as the bible of the animal liberation movement' Independent on Sunday

About this edition

• Publisher: Bodley Head
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1847923844
• ISBN 13: 9781847923844
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336