Animal Liberation by Peter Singer - ISBN: 9781847923844
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Are we right to exploit animals? A classic still resonates.

Animal Liberation

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    15 October 2015

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Summary

‘An extraordinary book which has had extraordinary effects… Widely known as the bible of the animal liberation movement’ Independent on Sunday

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, hi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781847923844
ISBN-10:1847923844
Author:Peter Singer
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:The Bodley Head Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:15 October 2015
Weight:358g
Dimensions:214mm x 135mm x 27mm
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Critics Review

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

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 *

About The Author

Peter Singer

Peter Singer has been called the most influential philosopher alive. He is professor of bioethics at Princeton University and has published numerous books, including The Life You Can Save (2009), The Most Good You Can Do (2015) and Ethics in the Real World (2016). He became well known internationally after the publication of Animal Liberation in 1975 and has been a leading thinker and campaigner in the field of animal rights ever since. Animal Liberation was included in TIME Magazine’s list of 100 Best Nonfiction Books published since 1923. In 2012 Singer was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, his country’s highest civilian honour, and in 2021 he was awarded the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture.

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