Peter Singer-Animal Liberation

philosophersofthe1960sandearly1970shadsaidaboutthe moralstatusofnonhumananimals.Theresultswerenottothe credit of philosophy. Phi ...

questions about the status of nonhumans. The reason for this—whichmayalreadybeapparentfromthefirstchapterof thisbook—hastodowith ...

however, they tried to reconcile their beliefs in human equalityandanimalinequalitybyargumentsthatareeither deviousormyopic.Fori ...

nothave.^34 Ortheywouldsaythathumanbeings,andonly humanbeings, are“ends in themselves” while“everything other than a person can ...

thisquestionisasdifficulttoanswerasouroriginalrequest forsomerelevantfactthatjustifiestheinequalityofhumans andotheranimals.Infa ...

similarlyitwouldfollowthatwehavetherighttorearand kill them for food. For philosophers discussing the problem of equality, the e ...

course, be perfectlycompatible with the obvious fact that there aresome womenwhoareless wellsuitedto lookingafter children,andbe ...

Infactoverthelastfifteen years,academicphilosophy has playedamajorroleinfosteringand supportingtheAnimal Liberationmovement.Thea ...

As a result, Frey recognizes that “the case for antivivisectionismisfarstrongerthanmostpeopleallow.”He concludes that if one see ...

discussion in the circles of academic philosophy. In consideringthestatusofnonhumananimals,philosophyitself hasundergonearemarka ...

SothroughoutthisbookIhavereliedonrationalargument. Unless you can refute the central argument of this book, you should now recog ...

I believe that the case for Animal Liberation is logically cogent,andcannotberefuted;butthetaskofoverthrowing speciesisminpracti ...

liberationist philosophy was tiny. Today People for the EthicalTreatmentofAnimalshas250,000members,andthe HumaneFarmingAssociati ...

experimentshavebeenbrought to ahalt. Thefirst success wasachievedin1977,whenacampaignledbyHenrySpira persuadedtheAmericanMuseumo ...

tissuecultureinsteadofperformingDraizetestsonrabbitsto determinewhetherits productscandamagethehumaneye. Noxell’s decision was p ...

Asthemovementgainsincreasedvisibilityandsupport,the groundswell ofpeople doingtheir partgathersmomentum. Rock musicians have hel ...

Further Reading General Bekoff, Marc.TheEmotional Livesof Animals: ALeading ScientistExploresAnimalJoy, Sorrow,and Empathy—and W ...

Gompertz,Lewis. MoralInquirieson theSituation of Man andofBrutes.London,1824.Oneofthefirstcarefullyargued proposals for a radica ...

Ryder, Richard D.Animal Revolution: Changing Attitudes TowardsSpeciesism.Oxford,Blackwell,1989. Ahistorical survey of changingat ...

Wynne-Tyson,J.,ed.TheExtendedCircle:ACommonplace Bookof AnimalRights. NewYork, Paragon House,1988; London, Penguin, 1989. Hundre ...