Gary L. Gary Lawrence Francione (Book order)

Gary L. Gary Lawrence Francione Book order

Gary L. Francione is a prominent and respected philosopher of animal rights law and ethical theory. He is known for his criticism of animal welfare laws and regulations, and his abolitionist theory of animal rights. Francione champions veganism and nonviolence as the baseline principles of the abolitionist movement. He maintains that we cannot morally justify using animals under any circumstances, and his theory applies to all sentient beings.

Eat like you care : An examination of the morality of eating animals

146 pages
6 hours of reading

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This book puts the issue of eating animals squarely on the table. We all claim to care about animals and to regard them as having at least some moral value. We all claim to agree that it's wrong to inflict "unnecessary" suffering and death on animals and -- whatever disagreement we may have about when animal use is necessary, we all agree that the suffering and death of animals cannot be justified by human pleasure, amusement, or convenience. We condemn Michael Vick for dog fighting precisely because we feel strongly that any pleasure that Vick got from this activity could not possibly justify what he did. So how can we justify the fact that we kill many billions of land animals and fish every year for food?