A plea for the animals : the moral, philosophical, and evolutionary imperative to treat all beings with compassion /
Ricard, Matthieu 1946-
A plea for the animals : the moral, philosophical, and evolutionary imperative to treat all beings with compassion / Matthieu Ricard ; translated by Sherab Chodzin Kohn. - First English edition. - 341 pages ; 24 cm
"Previously published in French [in 2014] as Plaidoyer pour les animaux: Vers un bienveillance pour tous."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A brief history of the relations between humans and animals -- Out of sight, out of mind -- Everybody loses: the effects of industrial breeding and meat eating on poverty, the environment and health -- The real face of industrial animal breeding -- Sorry excuses -- The continuum of life -- The mass killing of animals--genocide versus zoocide -- A little side trip into the realm of moral judgment -- The dilemma of animal experimentation -- Illegal trade in wildlife -- Animals as objects of entertainment -- Animal rights, human obligations -- An appeal to reason and to human kindness.
9781611803051
2016003252
Animal rights.
Compassion.
HV4708 / .R5313 2016
179/.3
A plea for the animals : the moral, philosophical, and evolutionary imperative to treat all beings with compassion / Matthieu Ricard ; translated by Sherab Chodzin Kohn. - First English edition. - 341 pages ; 24 cm
"Previously published in French [in 2014] as Plaidoyer pour les animaux: Vers un bienveillance pour tous."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A brief history of the relations between humans and animals -- Out of sight, out of mind -- Everybody loses: the effects of industrial breeding and meat eating on poverty, the environment and health -- The real face of industrial animal breeding -- Sorry excuses -- The continuum of life -- The mass killing of animals--genocide versus zoocide -- A little side trip into the realm of moral judgment -- The dilemma of animal experimentation -- Illegal trade in wildlife -- Animals as objects of entertainment -- Animal rights, human obligations -- An appeal to reason and to human kindness.
9781611803051
2016003252
Animal rights.
Compassion.
HV4708 / .R5313 2016
179/.3