The Thee Generation: Reflections on the Coming Revolution

by Tom Regan

Examines a revolution of the human spirit. This work shows that the expansive ethic of service is replacing the suffocating ethic of greed. Unlike previous generations, The Thee Generation asks, What do I have to give? rather than What can I get to Keep? It also addresses topics such as child pornography, feminism, deep ecology, and others.

180 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Tom Regan was an American philosopher who specialized in animal rights theory. He was professor emeritus of philosophy at North Carolina State University, where he taught from 1967 until his retirement in 2001.

Regan was the author of numerous books on the philosophy of animal rights, including The Case for Animal Rights (1983), one of a handful of studies that have significantly influenced the modern animal rights movement. In these, he argued that non-human animals are what he calls the "subjects-of-a-life", just as humans are, and that, if we want to ascribe value to all human beings regardless of their ability to be rational agents, then to be consistent, we must similarly ascribe it to non-humans.