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Animal Liberation Animal Liberation (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.31 — 11,604 ratings — published 1975
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Eating Animals Eating Animals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.21 — 81,758 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 14 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,524 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 — 574 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 6 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.60 — 5,462 ratings — published 2022
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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 4.33 — 233 ratings — published 2015
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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 6 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.00 — 4,978 ratings — published 1990
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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 — 1,474 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 — 406 ratings — published 2011
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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 4.33 — 353 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 4.09 — 4,037 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 3.78 — 433 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 4.28 — 71 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 — 1,232 ratings — published 2017
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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 4 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.25 — 233 ratings — published
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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 — 332 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 — 212,678 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 — 1,131 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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Animal Rights and Wrongs Animal Rights and Wrongs (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.36 — 94 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 — 421 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 4.32 — 569 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 — 3,933 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 — 30,754 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 — 4,599 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 — 288 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 4.40 — 52 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 4.41 — 4,835 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 — 244 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 — 1,518 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 — 870 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 — 980 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 — 163,506 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 — 17,032 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 — 181,827 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 3.90 — 109 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 — 356 ratings — published 2017
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Hunters, Herders, and Hamburgers: The Past and Future of Human-Animal Relationships Hunters, Herders, and Hamburgers: The Past and Future of Human-Animal Relationships (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.74 — 77 ratings — published 2005
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Anthony J. Nocella II
“In 2004, the Animals in War monument outside Hyde Park in London was created by the English sculptor David Backhouse. The monument includes two life-sized bronze mules carrying supplies, as well as statues of a horse and a dog and bas-relief carvings of other animals such as camels, elephants and birds who have been used in warfare. The inscription reads: *Animals in War. This monument is dedicated to all the animals that served and died alongside British and allied forces in wars and campaigns throughout time. They had no choice.* ~ John Sorenson”
― Anthony J. Nocella II, Animals and War: Confronting the Military-Animal Industrial Complex

Isaac Bashevis Singer
“I ordered breakfast. I watched someone at the next table working away at his plate of ham with eggs. I had long since come to the conclusion that man's treatment of God's creatures makes mockery of all his ideals and of the whole alleged humanism. In order for this overstuffed individual to enjoy his ham, a living creature had to be raised, dragged to its death, stabbed, tortured, scalded in hot water. The man didn't give a second's thought to the fact the pig was made of the same stuff as he and that it had to pay with suffering and death so that he could taste its flesh. I've thought more than once that when it comes to animals, every man is a Nazi.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Penitent

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