Animal Liberation Now

THE UPDATED CLASSIC OF THE ANIMAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, NOW WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY YUVAL NOAH HARARI
“The indispensable foundational text for the movement, new and updated with the honesty and philosophical depth characteristic of all of Singer’s work.” —J.M. Coetzee, author of The Lives of Animals and Disgrace
“Peter Singer may be the most controversial philosopher alive; he is certainly among the most influential.”—The New Yorker
Few books maintain their relevance – and have remained continuously in print – nearly 50 years after they were first published. Animal Liberation, one of TIME’s “All-TIME 100 Best Non-Fiction Books” is one such book. Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work has awakened millions of people to the existence of "speciesism"—our systematic disregard of nonhuman animals—inspiring a worldwide movement to transform our attitudes to animals and eliminate the cruelty we inflict on them. In Animal Liberation Now, Singer exposes the chilling realities of today's "factory farms" and product-testing procedures, destroying the spurious justifications behind them and showing us just how woefully we have been misled.
Now, for the first time since its original publication, Singer returns to the major arguments and examples and brings us to the current moment. This edition, revised from top to bottom, covers important reforms in the European Union, and now in various U.S. states, but on the flip side, Singer shows us the impact of the huge expansion of factory farming due to the exploding demand for animal products in China. Further, meat consumption is taking a toll on the environment, and factory farms pose a profound risk for spreading new viruses even worse than COVID-19.
Animal Liberation Now includes alternatives to what has become a profound environmental and social as well as moral issue. An important and persuasive appeal to conscience, fairness, decency, and justice, it is essential reading for the supporter and the skeptic alike.
动物权利运动的更新经典，新版本由 YUVAL NOAH HARARI 作序
“这场运动不可或缺的基础文本，以辛格所有作品的诚实和哲学深度为特征进行了更新和更新。” —J.M. 库切，《动物的生命》和《耻辱》的作者
“彼得·辛格可能是在世的最具争议的哲学家； 他无疑是最有影响力的人之一。”——《纽约客》
很少有书籍在首次出版后将近 50 年仍保持其相关性 - 并且一直在印刷。 《动物解放》是《时代》杂志“史上 100 部最佳非小说类书籍”之一。 自 1975 年首次出版以来，这部开创性的著作已经唤醒了数百万人对“物种歧视”的存在——我们系统地忽视非人类动物——激发了一场世界范围的运动，以改变我们对动物的态度并消除我们对它们的虐待。 在《现在的动物解放》中，辛格揭露了当今“工厂化农场”和产品测试程序的令人不寒而栗的现实，摧毁了它们背后虚假的理由，并向我们展示了我们被误导的可悲程度。
现在，自最初出版以来，辛格第一次回到主要论点和例子，把我们带到当下。 这一版本从上到下进行了修订，涵盖了欧盟以及现在美国各州的重要改革，但另一方面，辛格向我们展示了由于对动物产品的需求激增而导致工厂化养殖大规模扩张的影响 在中国。 此外，肉类消费正在对环境造成影响，而工厂化农场构成了传播比 COVID-19 更严重的新病毒的巨大风险。
Animal Liberation Now 包括解决已成为深刻的环境和社会以及道德问题的替代方案。 这是对良心、公平、正派和正义的重要且有说服力的呼吁，对于支持者和怀疑者来说都是必不可少的读物。