Even More Books

The No-Nonsense Guide to Animal Rights (No-Nonsense Guides)

by Catharine Grant 

Today animals need protecting more than ever: those bred for laboratories, zoos, and hunting, and also those reared intensively on farms. And out in the wild, animals are losing their habitats to environmental exploitation.

Dispelling the myth that the protection of animals’ rights is a modern, Western concern, this No-Nonsense Guide to Animal Rights explains the key issues, charts the growth of the animal rights movement, and looks at the welfare and protection laws. And it includes a practical day-to-day guide to what individuals can do to minimize exploitation.

Ethical Philosopher Lori Gruen

"I’m a feminist philosopher whose work lies at the intersection of ethical theory and ethical practice, with a particular focus on ethical issues that impact those often overlooked in traditional ethical investigations, e.g. women, people of color, non-human animals."

Lori Gruen teaches Philosophy and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University in Connecticut where she also directs the Ethics in Society project. She has published widely on topics in practical ethics and animal ethics.

Animal Suffering: An Invertebrate Perspective by Jennifer Mather

http://www.rw.ttu.edu/ethics/pdf%27s/A6%20.pdf

Essays by Marti Kheel

So far, the essays we've presented have been overwhelmingly the work of rationalist male philosophers.  To provide some needed balance, here are a bunch of  essays by ecofeminist nature ethicist Marti Kheel.

"Vegetarianism and Ecofeminism: Toppling Patriarchy with a Fork." In Food for Thought: The Debate Over Eating Meat, edited by Steve F. Sapontzis, 327–341. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2004. (© 2004 by Steve F. Sapontzis. All rights reserved.) [PDF]

The Animal Liberation Movement by Peter Singer

Once again -- posting does not imply endorsement.  Many animal liberationists (including at least some involved in the creation of this site) sharply disagree with the view Singer presents herein on the the value of nonhuman vs. human animal life. This websites seeks to present the diverse views of philosophers on the question of human duties towards nonhuman animals, not to highlight any one position over others.

http://www.utilitarian.org/texts/alm.html

Two Peter Singer Links

Peter Singer's Website
http://www.princeton.edu/~psinger/

Utilitarian.net Peter Singer Page
http://www.utilitarian.net/singer/

 

Animal Liberation -- from Peter Singer's FAQ

From http://www.princeton.edu/~psinger/faq.html

As with much content on this site, posting here does not imply an endorsement of the views expressed.


II. Animal Liberation
 
Q. I’ve read that you think humans and animals are equal.  Do you really believe that a human being is no more valuable than an animal?

A. I argued in the opening chapter of Animal Liberation that humans and animals are equal in the sense that the fact that a being is human does not mean that we should give the interests of that being preference over the similar interests of other beings. That would be speciesism, and wrong for the same reasons that racism and sexism are wrong. Pain is equally bad, if it is felt by a human being or a mouse.  We should treat beings as individuals, rather than as members of a species.  But that doesn’t mean that all individuals are equally valuable – see my answer to the next question for more details.