Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals

Item

Title
Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals
ABP identifier
ABP-W-0038
Creator
Peter Singer
Date
1975
Type
Book
Description
Peter Singer. Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals. New York: New York Review; distributed by Random House, 1975. xvii + 301 pages. ISBN 0-394-40096-8. LCCN 75-021637.
Intellectual stream
Boundary expansion
Verification status
Verified
Evidence confidence
High
Historical significance
The book supplied a formative philosophical argument for extending moral consideration to nonhuman animals and played a seminal role in the modern animal-liberation movement.