Since its publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work has awakened millions of concerned men and women to the shocking abuse of animals everywhere. With these introductory words, philosopher Peter Singer launches a revolution in our way of thinking about animals. Their sentience compels us to acknowledge that they do matter.
Moral consequences arise from our treatment and exploitation of animals.
Peter Singer's book, Animal Liberation is a brutal read because what we do to the animals is so terribly and mind-numbingly brutal. We are offered glimpses of the factory farms, where animals are routinely mutilated, are kept indoors in close confinement, are deprived of maternal contact, and are pumped constantly with antibiotics and growth hormones.