Why Veganism Matters - The Moral Value of Animals

Why Veganism Matters presents the case for the personhood of nonhuman animals and for veganism in a clear and accessible way that does not require any philosophical or legal background. This book offers a persuasive and powerful argument for all readers who care about animals but are not sure whether they have a moral obligation to be vegan.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Our Conventional Wisdom—Animals as Quasi-Persons
2. Two Contemporary Approaches to Animal Personhood
3. Animals as Persons—a Matter of Sentience Alone
4. The Right Not to Be Property
5. Veganism as a Moral Imperative
Conclusion
Notes
Reference/Study Guide

Summary

Why Veganism Matters presents the case for the personhood of nonhuman animals and for veganism in a clear and accessible way that does not require any philosophical or legal background. This book offers a persuasive and powerful argument for all readers who care about animals but are not sure whether they have a moral obligation to be vegan.

Additional text

In this inspiring work, Professor Gary Francione, one of the most powerful voices against the oppression of nonhuman animals of our time, provides a compelling argument for recognizing the moral status of nonhuman animals. A profound and critical call for ending the institutionalized commodification of nonhuman animals and abolishing all forms of their oppression.

Product details

• Authors: Gary Francione
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780231199605
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19960-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science, and Law
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; NATURE / Animal Rights, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LAW / Property, COOKING / Vegan, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy