FreeBookNotes found 5 sites with book summaries or analysis of Animal Liberation. When a friend gave me a copy of Animal Liberation in 1980, it was an epiphany.
I'm strongly against those things that don't directly affect me. Humans tend to marginalize the qualities we dislike about ourselves and emphasize them in animals. He points out that no humans are actually equal in all of their capacities, and “if the demand for equality were based on the actual equality of all human beings, we would have to stop demanding equality.” We don’t permit humans of superior intelligence or physical strength to have greater moral standing than other humans, so why shouldn’t this principle apply to other animals? The term, "speciesism" was coined by Singer and is defined as a focused concern for the welfare and rights of one's own species. For most vegetarians the boycott is a permanent one, since once they have broken away from flesh-eating habits they can no longer approve of slaughtering animals in order to satisfy the trivial desires of their palates… Until we boycott meat, and all other products of animal factories, we are, each one of us, contributing to the continued existence, prosperity, and growth of factory farming and all the other cruel practices used in rearing animals for food. Many people see wolves as violent and dangerous, but biologists have shown that wolves are highly social animals and loyal pack members. Peter Singer argues against Among the summaries and analysis available for Animal Liberation, there In chapter one of Animal Liberation, Peter Singer starts off by asserting that all animals are equal; this includes human animals such as man and woman, as well as nonhuman animals such as beasts. Animal Liberation Chapter 6 Summary & Analysis. The claim to equality does not depend on intelligence, moral capacity, physical strength, or similar matters of fact.
I'm strongly against those things that don't directly affect me. Humans tend to marginalize the qualities we dislike about ourselves and emphasize them in animals. He points out that no humans are actually equal in all of their capacities, and “if the demand for equality were based on the actual equality of all human beings, we would have to stop demanding equality.” We don’t permit humans of superior intelligence or physical strength to have greater moral standing than other humans, so why shouldn’t this principle apply to other animals? The term, "speciesism" was coined by Singer and is defined as a focused concern for the welfare and rights of one's own species. For most vegetarians the boycott is a permanent one, since once they have broken away from flesh-eating habits they can no longer approve of slaughtering animals in order to satisfy the trivial desires of their palates… Until we boycott meat, and all other products of animal factories, we are, each one of us, contributing to the continued existence, prosperity, and growth of factory farming and all the other cruel practices used in rearing animals for food. Many people see wolves as violent and dangerous, but biologists have shown that wolves are highly social animals and loyal pack members. Peter Singer argues against Among the summaries and analysis available for Animal Liberation, there In chapter one of Animal Liberation, Peter Singer starts off by asserting that all animals are equal; this includes human animals such as man and woman, as well as nonhuman animals such as beasts. Animal Liberation Chapter 6 Summary & Analysis. The claim to equality does not depend on intelligence, moral capacity, physical strength, or similar matters of fact.
I'm strongly against those things that don't directly affect me. Humans tend to marginalize the qualities we dislike about ourselves and emphasize them in animals. He points out that no humans are actually equal in all of their capacities, and “if the demand for equality were based on the actual equality of all human beings, we would have to stop demanding equality.” We don’t permit humans of superior intelligence or physical strength to have greater moral standing than other humans, so why shouldn’t this principle apply to other animals? The term, "speciesism" was coined by Singer and is defined as a focused concern for the welfare and rights of one's own species. For most vegetarians the boycott is a permanent one, since once they have broken away from flesh-eating habits they can no longer approve of slaughtering animals in order to satisfy the trivial desires of their palates… Until we boycott meat, and all other products of animal factories, we are, each one of us, contributing to the continued existence, prosperity, and growth of factory farming and all the other cruel practices used in rearing animals for food. Many people see wolves as violent and dangerous, but biologists have shown that wolves are highly social animals and loyal pack members. Peter Singer argues against Among the summaries and analysis available for Animal Liberation, there In chapter one of Animal Liberation, Peter Singer starts off by asserting that all animals are equal; this includes human animals such as man and woman, as well as nonhuman animals such as beasts. Animal Liberation Chapter 6 Summary & Analysis. The claim to equality does not depend on intelligence, moral capacity, physical strength, or similar matters of fact.
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