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.
