Animal Liberation Now

Very intense thoughts in a very easy to read language

This review is of the physical product not its written contents. The book I received was delivered in good condition, and physically its a well-made book. The edition is floppy, opens on the spine easily, making for easy reading. But the font is a problem, which is font size is pleasant to the eyes, the font spacing is not. There is very little space in the margins for marginalia and makes the book feel very cramped, from one corner of the page to the other. The font on the Notes page is also unnecessarily big and looks bad. Did not expect such styling and formatting from a Harper Perennial book.

Unacceptable

Dieses Buch ist vielerorts schon Pflichtlektüre in Ethik-Kursen. Zu recht. Singer thematisiert konsequent das Lebensrecht aller Lebewesen auf der Erde: Geboren 1946 in Australien, lehrte lange Zeit als Professor für Bioethik. Er gilt als ein Vertreter des sogenannten Utilitarismus, einer Strömung in der philosophischen Ethik, die nach dem Nutzen von Handlungen fragt. Singer prägte in diesem Werk den inzwischen zum Modewort mancher Aktivisten gewordenen Begriff "Speziesismus": „Speziesismus [...] ist ein Vorurteil oder eine Haltung der Voreingenommenheit zugunsten der Interessen der Mit glieder der eigenen Spezies und gegen die Interessen der Mitgli eder anderer Spezies.“ Animal Liberation (1996), 35. Weitere Schriften von Peter Singer: SINGER, Peter: Animal Liberation. Die Befreiung der Tiere. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1996. SINGER, Peter: Practical Ethics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1979; 2nd edition, 1993 (deutsch Praktische Ethik. 2. Auflage. Reclam, Stuttgart 1994).

This is a complete re-write and update of Peter Singer’s classic ‘Animal Liberation’ that came out 50 years ago. It’s an extremely informative and accessible reminder of how far we’ve progressed in the last 50 years when it comes to respecting animals’ rights, and how far we have yet to go. As you’d expect given the extent of animal abuse in our society, the content can be pretty hard-hitting, but it’s not bleak or pessimistic - when I came to the end, I didn’t feel depressed, but rather energised to fight to prevent humans’ mistreatment of other animals. A fantastic and extremely important read.

This book has changed my life. I now have stopped eating red meat. I only eat canned tuna and ensure that the eggs I purchase are "free range". The eggs cost more, but are worth it. Every time I consider purchasing beef, I consider where it came from and even do the same when it comes to bacon and pork. I think of those stories. I am cooking meatless meals and ensuring that I get enough protein in my diet as a result of this book. I am reading a few other books written by Peter Singer. This one, though is by far the most profound impact. I have since ordered other books that have the same philosophy that encourage the same ideas.

シンガーの叙述は冷静であり、事実を事実として提示する。だがなぜだろう、この本には啓蒙の光が宿り、また人を動かすだけの本物の力がある。 道徳なるものがもしあるとすれば、これは数少ない真なる道徳の書である。 トロッコ問題は常に人間同士が比較対象だが、ひとりの人間と犬猫だったら、牛豚だったら、小鳥やネズミだったらどうだろう。シンガーによる種差別の克服は単なる動物愛護ではなく、人間が築き上げてきた不可侵の領土を割譲していく過酷なものだ。それに耐えることはふつう、人には難しい。しかしだからこそ道徳的価値がある。 日本語訳が古いことと日本語の文庫版やkindle版がないことが本当に悔やまれる。 英語は非常に読みやすく、大学入試に出てもおかしくないレベル。

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