Peter Singer-Animal Liberation

Vegans,then,arerighttosaythatweoughtnottousedairy products.Theyarelivingdemonstrations ofthepracticality andnutritionalsoundness ...

movementagainstanimalexploitation.Themosturgenttask oftheAnimalLiberationmovementistopersuadeasmany people as possible to make t ...

dietsstaleand repetitiveby comparison.Theenjoymentof sucha cuisineisenhanced bytheknowledgethatits good tasteandnourishingqualit ...

meat,anditisclearfromthewaythequestionisphrasedthat thequestionerhasmentallysubtractedthechoporhamburger fromhisorherplate,leavi ...

wonder why you everthought itwould be difficultto do without flesh foods. Apartfromthetastinessoftheirmeals,peoplecontemplating ...

Many vegetariansclaimthat theyfeel fitter, healthier,and morezestfulthanwhentheyatemeat.Agreatdealofnew evidencenowsupportsthem. ...

Nutritionalexpertsnolongerdisputeaboutwhetheranimal fleshis essential;theynowagreethatitisnot. Ifordinary people still have misg ...

thesedeterminehowmuchoftheproteinthebodycanuse. Whileitistruethatanimalfoods,especiallyeggsandmilk, have a very well-balanced am ...

kelp, from a soy sauce made by the traditional Japanese fermentationmethod,orfromtempeh,a fermentedsoybean producteaten in parts ...

likelynowthanitwasafewyearsago,becausethereareso manymorevegetarians.But ifitshouldhappen,remember thatyouareingoodcompany.Allth ...

Chapter 5 Man’s Dominion ... a short history of speciesism To endtyrannywe mustfirst understandit.As apractical matter, the rule ...

have tried to do in the preceding chapters. An alternative strategy is to attempt to undermine the plausibility of the prevailin ...

Pre-Christian Thought Thecreationoftheuniverseseems afitstartingpoint.The biblicalstoryofthecreationsetsoutveryclearlythenatureo ...

Moreover,Godisexplicitlysaidtohavegivenmandominion overeverylivingthing.Itistruethat,intheGardenofEden, thisdominionmaynothavein ...

This is the basicposition of the ancient Hebrew writings towardnonhumans.Thereisagainanintriguinghintthatin the original state o ...

Aristotle’ssupportforslaveryiswellknown;hethoughtthat somemenareslavesbynatureandthatslaveryisbothright andexpedientforthem.Imen ...

Since nature makes nothing purposeless or in vain, it is undeniablytruethatshehasmadeallanimalsforthesakeof man.^4 Itwastheviews ...

Thenineteenth-centuryhistorian W.E. H.Leckygives the followingaccountofthedevelopmentoftheRomangames from their beginning as a c ...

concern, however, the infliction of suffering was merely entertaining. Some human beings—criminals andmilitarycaptivesespecially ...

animals, oranyrecommendationto considertheir interests. Jesushimselfisdescribedasshowingapparentindifferenceto thefateofnonhuman ...