THE UPDATED CLASSIC OF THE ANIMAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, NOW WITH AN
INTRODUCTION BY YUVAL NOAH HARARI
"The indispensable foundational text for the movement, new and updated
with the honesty and philosophical depth characteristic of all of
Singer's work." --J.M. Coetzee, author of The Lives of Animals and
Disgrace
"Peter Singer may be the most controversial philosopher alive; he is
certainly among the most influential."--The New Yorker
Few books maintain their relevance - and have remained continuously in
print - nearly 50 years after they were first published. Animal
Liberation, one of *TIME's "*All-TIME 100 Best Non-Fiction Books" is
one such book. Since its original publication in 1975, this
groundbreaking work has awakened millions of people to the existence of
"speciesism"--our systematic disregard of nonhuman animals--inspiring a
worldwide movement to transform our attitudes to animals and eliminate
the cruelty we inflict on them. In Animal Liberation Now, Singer
exposes the chilling realities of today's "factory farms" and
product-testing procedures, destroying the spurious justifications
behind them and showing us just how woefully we have been misled.
Now, for the first time since its original publication, Singer returns
to the major arguments and examples and brings us to the current moment.
This edition, revised from top to bottom, covers important reforms in
the European Union, and now in various U.S. states, but on the flip
side, Singer shows us the impact of the huge expansion of factory
farming due to the exploding demand for animal products in China.
Further, meat consumption is taking a toll on the environment, and
factory farms pose a profound risk for spreading new viruses even worse
than COVID-19.
Animal Liberation Now includes alternatives 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, it
is essential reading for the supporter and the skeptic alike.
