Animal Ethics Books

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Animal Liberation Animal Liberation (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.31 — 11,513 ratings — published 1975
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Eating Animals Eating Animals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 4.21 — 81,362 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 — 7,433 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 — 568 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 — 5,336 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 — 4,799 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 4.36 — 228 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 4.19 — 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 — 1,470 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 4.19 — 401 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 — 225 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 4.09 — 4,027 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 3.81 — 412 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 — 1,215 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 4.20 — 329 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 — 211,923 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 — 1,130 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 — 5,826 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 3.37 — 92 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 — 416 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 — 304 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 — 557 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 — 3,876 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 — 30,646 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 — 211 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 — 4,567 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 4.04 — 284 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 4.39 — 49 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 — 4,782 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 — 1,504 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 — 854 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 — 948 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 — 161,731 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 — 16,856 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 (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 2 times as animal-ethics)
avg rating 3.93 — 173,544 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 — 356 ratings — published 2017
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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

Lisa Kemmerer
“While it is one thing to strive for a cause that fundamentally and primarily benefits you—your freedom and equality (or the freedom and equality of those you know and care about), or for your environment (on which you depend for survival)—it is quite another matter to struggle on behalf of a cause that does not benefit you directly. As social justice activists, we must remember how ardently we wish that those in power would help bring change. The oppressed wish that those in power could empathize enough to understand the wrongness of what is happening, and how much they would need and appreciate the active participation of those in power to bring about a measure of justice. With regard to farmed animals, we are the ones who are in power. We are the ones who have the power to change our consumer habits. We are the ones who either put our money down for their lives, or boycott animal products.”
Lisa Kemmerer, Speaking Up for Animals: An Anthology of Women's Voices

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