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The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 13,720 ratings — published 2000
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as humane)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,994,820 ratings — published 2018
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as humane)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,816,105 ratings — published 2007
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as humane)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,607,057 ratings — published 2003
Theo of Golden (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.43 — 603,612 ratings — published 2023
Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.08 — 12,076 ratings — published 2025
Lincoln in the Bardo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 3.75 — 185,180 ratings — published 2017
The River We Remember (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.24 — 111,964 ratings — published 2023
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,901,054 ratings — published 1993
Mindset: The Weight of What We Refuse to Feel (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
Broken Horses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.39 — 37,997 ratings — published 2021
My Friends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.31 — 605,980 ratings — published 2025
Escape into Meaning: Essays on Superman, Public Benches, and Other Obsessions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,769 ratings — published 2022
White Nights (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.06 — 444,855 ratings — published 1848
The Gift of Good Land: Further Essays Cultural and Agricultural (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.43 — 584 ratings — published 1981
The Island of Missing Trees (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.14 — 186,517 ratings — published 2021
Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 3.63 — 1,842 ratings — published 2020
Sandwich (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 3.53 — 234,176 ratings — published 2024
Skellig (Skellig, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 3.81 — 31,667 ratings — published 1998
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 3.78 — 12,145 ratings — published 2024
Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic: How Trauma Works and How We Can Heal From It (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 3.73 — 2,364 ratings — published 2021
The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care—and How to Fix It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.44 — 4,608 ratings — published 2019
The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 3.70 — 614,954 ratings — published 2005
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,970,050 ratings — published 2018
Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II (Operation Kinderspion #1)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,760 ratings — published 2024
Sweet Bean Paste (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.04 — 89,617 ratings — published 2013
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,539,808 ratings — published 1868
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.43 — 574,949 ratings — published 1899
Hi! Fly Guy Complete Series Set Books 1-10: Hi! Fly Guy, Super Fly Guy, Shoo, Fly Guy!, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fg, Fly High, Fg!, Hooray for Fg, I Spy Fg, Fg Meets Fly Girl, Buzz Boy 7 Fg, Fg Vs the Flyswatter (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.50 — 16 ratings — published
Apples Never Fall (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 3.75 — 459,452 ratings — published 2021
Better Living Through Algorithms (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.24 — 323 ratings — published
Oliver Twist (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 3.88 — 437,462 ratings — published 1838
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 3.61 — 459,865 ratings — published 1957
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.36 — 238,176 ratings — published 2017
Terminal Boredom: Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 3.57 — 7,921 ratings — published 2021
Reminders of Him (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,851,202 ratings — published 2022
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 3.71 — 18,421 ratings — published 2021
The Kaiju Preservation Society (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 3.97 — 76,420 ratings — published 2022
The Serving Leader: Five Powerful Actions That Will Transform Your Team, Your Business, and Your Community (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 3.92 — 835 ratings — published 2003
The Namesake (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.02 — 289,231 ratings — published 2003
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.31 — 705,972 ratings — published 2016
Bared to You (Crossfire, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.12 — 556,364 ratings — published 2012
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.12 — 49,557 ratings — published 2019
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,278,734 ratings — published 2012
Humankind: A Hopeful History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humane)
avg rating 4.31 — 85,678 ratings — published 2019
“Treat others as they would like to be treated. Ask them.”
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“We should not be surprised that more and more people feel comfortable about consuming animal products. After all, they are being assured by the “experts” that suffering is being decreased and they can buy “happy” meat, “free-range” eggs, etc.. These products even come with labels approved of by animal organizations. The animal welfare movement is actually encouraging the “compassionate” consumption of animal products.
Animal welfare reforms do very little to increase the protection given to animal interests because of the economics involved: animals are property. They are things that have no intrinsic or moral value. This means that welfare standards, whether for animals used as foods, in experiments, or for any other purpose, will be low and linked to the level of welfare needed to exploit the animal in an economically efficient way for the particular purpose. Put simply, we generally protect animal interests only to the extent we get an economic benefit from doing so. The concept of “unnecessary” suffering is understood as that level of suffering that will frustrate the particular use. And that can be a great deal of suffering.
Killing Animals and Making Animals Suffer | Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach”
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Animal welfare reforms do very little to increase the protection given to animal interests because of the economics involved: animals are property. They are things that have no intrinsic or moral value. This means that welfare standards, whether for animals used as foods, in experiments, or for any other purpose, will be low and linked to the level of welfare needed to exploit the animal in an economically efficient way for the particular purpose. Put simply, we generally protect animal interests only to the extent we get an economic benefit from doing so. The concept of “unnecessary” suffering is understood as that level of suffering that will frustrate the particular use. And that can be a great deal of suffering.
Killing Animals and Making Animals Suffer | Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach”
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