In Defense of Animals

Peter Singer is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University. He is the author of Animal Liberation, first published in 1975, and is widely credited with triggering the modern animal rights movement. His Practical Ethics is one of the most widely used texts in applied ethics, and Rethinking Life and Death received the 1995 National Book Council's Banjo Award for non-fiction. He is also editor of four other titles for Blackwell: A Companion to Ethics (1991), A Companion to Bioethics (with Helga Kuhse, 1999), The Moral of the Story: An Anthology of Ethics Through Literature (with Renata Singer, 2005), and Bioethics: An Anthology (with Helga Kuhse, 2nd edn., 2006).

Preface Peter SingerPart I: The Ideas1. Utilitarianism and Animals: Gaverick Matheny2. The Scientific Basis for Assessing Suffering in Animals: Marian Stamp Dawkins3. The Animal Debate: A Re-Examination: Paola Cavalieri4. On the Question of Personhood Beyond Homo sapiens: David DeGrazia5. Religion and Animals: Paul WaldauPart II: The Problems6. Speciesism in the Laboratory: Richard Ryder7. Brave New Farm?: Jim Mason and Mary Finelli8. Outlawed in Europe: Clare Druce and Philip Lymbery9. Against Zoos: Dale Jamieson10. To Eat the Laughing Animal: Dale PetersonPart III: Activists and Their Strategies11. How Austria Achieved a Historic Breakthrough for Animals: Martin Balluch12. Butcher Knives into Pruning Hooks: Doing Civil Disobedience for Animals: Pelle Strindlund13. Opening Cages, Opening Eyes: An Investigation and Open Rescue at an Egg Factory Farm: Miyun Park14. Living and Working in Defense of Animals: Matt Ball15. Effective Advocacy: Stealing From the Corporate Playbook: Bruce Friedrich16. Moving the Media: From Foe, or Indifferent Stranger, to Friend: Karen Dawn17. The CEO as Animal Activist: John Mackey and Whole Foods: John Mackey, Karen Dawn and Lauren Ornelas18. Ten Points for Activists: Henry Spira and Peter SingerA Final Word: Peter SingerFurther Reading, Useful OrganizationsIndex