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Animal Liberation Animal Liberation (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.31 — 11,563 ratings — published 1975
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Eating Animals Eating Animals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.21 — 81,571 ratings — published 2009
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Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,487 ratings — published 2009
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Case for Animal Rights Case for Animal Rights (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.17 — 571 ratings — published 1983
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This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You) This is Vegan Propaganda (and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)
by (shelved 7 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.60 — 5,405 ratings — published 2022
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The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.00 — 4,908 ratings — published 1990
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Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.34 — 229 ratings — published 2015
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In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.20 — 461 ratings — published 1985
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Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,473 ratings — published 2002
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Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.20 — 402 ratings — published 2011
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Fellow Creatures: Our Obligations to the Other Animals (Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics) Fellow Creatures: Our Obligations to the Other Animals (Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics)
by (shelved 5 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.24 — 230 ratings — published
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Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.34 — 352 ratings — published 2000
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The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,030 ratings — published 2006
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Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.80 — 418 ratings — published 2023
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Ethics and animals: an introduction Ethics and animals: an introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.27 — 70 ratings — published 2011
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How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,220 ratings — published 2017
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Empty Cages: Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights Empty Cages: Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.21 — 331 ratings — published 2003
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.19 — 212,307 ratings — published 2006
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The Oxford Handbook of Animal Ethics The Oxford Handbook of Animal Ethics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.22 — 18 ratings — published 2011
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Eat Like You Care: An Examination of the Morality of Eating Animals Eat Like You Care: An Examination of the Morality of Eating Animals (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,132 ratings — published 2013
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The Animal Ethics Reader The Animal Ethics Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.40 — 55 ratings — published 2003
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Subhuman: The Moral Psychology of Human Attitudes to Animals Subhuman: The Moral Psychology of Human Attitudes to Animals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.17 — 12 ratings — published
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Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,861 ratings — published 2019
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Animal Rights and Wrongs Animal Rights and Wrongs (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.35 — 93 ratings — published 2003
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Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.65 — 419 ratings — published 2002
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The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.01 — 305 ratings — published 1988
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Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight (Yale Agrarian Studies Series) Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)
by (shelved 3 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.31 — 565 ratings — published 2011
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The Lives of Animals The Lives of Animals (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.68 — 3,898 ratings — published 1999
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Taking Animals Seriously: Mental Life and Moral Status Taking Animals Seriously: Mental Life and Moral Status (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.94 — 18 ratings — published 1996
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Ape House Ape House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.51 — 30,689 ratings — published 2010
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Animals Matter: A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect Animals Matter: A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.11 — 212 ratings — published 2007
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Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.87 — 4,580 ratings — published 2010
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Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.05 — 286 ratings — published
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Animal Crisis: A New Critical Theory Animal Crisis: A New Critical Theory (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.41 — 51 ratings — published
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Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.40 — 4,808 ratings — published 2015
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Wildlife as Property Owners: A New Conception of Animal Rights Wildlife as Property Owners: A New Conception of Animal Rights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.89 — 19 ratings — published
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Ethics Into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement Ethics Into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.29 — 239 ratings — published 1998
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Against Liberation: Putting Animals in Perspective Against Liberation: Putting Animals in Perspective (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.50 — 8 ratings — published 1991
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Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals: The Future of Food Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals: The Future of Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,515 ratings — published 2019
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How to Be Animal: A New History of What It Means to Be Human How to Be Animal: A New History of What It Means to Be Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.65 — 862 ratings — published 2020
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Why Vegan? (Penguin Great Ideas) Why Vegan? (Penguin Great Ideas)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.01 — 960 ratings — published 2020
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All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2) All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.36 — 162,461 ratings — published 1970
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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.97 — 16,935 ratings — published 2016
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.92 — 177,865 ratings — published 2009
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Animal Rights & Human Morality Animal Rights & Human Morality (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.12 — 48 ratings — published 1981
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Radical Vegetarianism: A Dialectic of Diet and Ethic Radical Vegetarianism: A Dialectic of Diet and Ethic (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.00 — 24 ratings — published 1983
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Entangled Empathy: An Alternative Ethic for Our Relationships with Animals Entangled Empathy: An Alternative Ethic for Our Relationships with Animals (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.91 — 108 ratings — published 2015
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The Rights of Nature: A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World The Rights of Nature: A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.18 — 355 ratings — published 2017
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J.M. Coetzee
“And to split hairs, to claim that there is no comparison, that Treblinka was so to speak a metaphysical enterprise dedicated to nothing but death and annihilation while the meat industry is ultimately devoted to life (once its vicitms are dead, after all, it does not burn them to ash or bury them but on the contrary cuts them up and refrigerates and packs them so that they can be consumed in the comfort of our homes) is as little consoloation to those victims as it would have been - pardon the tastelesness of the following - to ask the dead of Treblinka to excuse their killers because their body fat was needed to make soap and their hair to stuff mattresses with.”
J.M. Coetzee, The Lives of Animals

Lisa Kemmerer
“If we are going to save endangered primates, we must first recognize that they are individuals much like human beings, who prefer to be free to live their lives independent of exploitation.”
Lisa Kemmerer, Primate People: Saving Nonhuman Primates through Education, Advocacy, and Sanctuary

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