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I think, however, you may move on to other writers for a different approach that may provide a stronger grounding (e.g., Stephen Clark, Stephen Webb, Tom Regan or Carol Adams). That is, I need something more substantial than just this book.
I immediately became a vegetarian. Any book that can lead someone to make such a drastic change (I still, on occasion, crave bacon).
I read this book in high school and it, literally, changed my life. At the same time, I eventually found myself no longer impressed by the utilitarian arguments underwriting much of his philosophy, nor do I find such an account that consistent.
is worthy of your time. For that reason alone, I give it a high rating.
For what it is, it is a classic and deserving of your time. Nevertheless, this may be the place to begin.
I read this text over thirty years ago and it made quite an impression. Singer's seminal arguments are still valid. Lucid and relying more on evidence than emotion, I was convinced that we owed sentient life forms more respect than I had previously thought. Now I have students who wrestle with the justifications for their claims to vegetarianism. I bought this to pass on to one of my more idealistic charges. It may put meat on the bones of her posturing.
It is best to do this gradually. are delivered together with the "food".Now, I didn't become a vegetarian immediately after reading this book, but its arguments percolated through my conscience and finally did me make the final step, eliminating meat altogether from my menu.
Ethically, this is not justified by no means at all. This book made me a vegetarian, because it made me aware of all the cruelty that is imposed on animals.
Not only do the poor animals suffer in their cages, the people eating this "artificial" meat are suffering too, because a big load of pesticides, antibiotics, hormones, etc. If man is supposed to be the superior animal, then why should he treat animals as if they were "animal objects".
(I would also like to recommend the new DVD Our Daily Bread so you can actually see how our soulless economy of food production is performing nowadays).Never before in human history have we eaten so much meat. This was 5 years ago.
I would also recommend anybody willing to take this step to take a vitamin B12 supplement (under the form of complex B) to feel great, since vitamin B12 is only present in animal foods.
I am not the only one. If I wanted to buy an Indonesian House Boy. Amazon dot com kills animals by supporting the fur industry.I liked the book, but am saddened that I bought it from a company that SELLS FUR. (No, it is not enough to claim that they're merely trying to "give the customer what they want even if it offends some people. And tell your friends. Amazon execs should understand that there are many more people out here who are offended at the butchering deaths of helpless animals for ridiculous VANITY, than there are people who would actually go to amazon to buy their FUR COATS. If I wanted to buy a nuclear weapon.
Some things are so reprehensible that society demands that they NOT sell them. I am sick and sad that I ever gave Amazon a single dime. Not good enough. I ask that others please reconsider buying any more products from these people until they stop selling fur, and stop sending out cookie-cutter form letters to those of us who give a damn about the lives of others. Would they say that if I wanted to buy heroin. Although, I'm sure that if they could, they would, so long as it was profitable).Take the profit out of death and join me in boycotting Amazon. There are hundreds of other sites that sell great books, often cheaper, that do not profit from the deaths of innocent animals.
Animal Liberation Anyone who likes Pater Singer's Philosophy and books, and anyone who loves animals will enjoy this book and probably be unwilling to eat meat again, except for, as Peter Singer says,road kill.
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