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moongirljesse's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
A must read for everyone who cares about aligning their actions with their morals and creating a more just, ethical world. Singer details the factory farming practices for many different animals whose flesh people see as something to be eaten every day. These details are horrific and gruesome, but they are true, and knowledge of them needs to be more widespread. It shocks me that anyone would be able to read this book and continue to eat meat and animal products.
stevenrouk's review against another edition
5.0
Quite possibly one of the most important books of all time, and no less so in 2020. I would recommend this book to anyone—everyone, in fact, should read it.
mxunsmiley's review against another edition
2.0
While there are some good arguments with regard to environmentalism especially in this book, I have to object to Singer's equal positioning of racism and "speciesism" as well as his comparisons to slavery. I also find great offense in his equation of the mental capacities of neurodevelopmentally disabled adults in addition to infants to certain animals, giving possible justification of the inconsideration of rights of the former as we see in the latter. A human life, no matter how low one views it with regard to their mental abilities, is always greater than that of an animal's.
I also liked that he pointed out how those who eschew animal products are often also involved in anti-racist and anti-sexist activist work and how their veganism is often inextricable from both. Vegans who care about ending all human exploitation (especially that which you encounter on factory farms and slaughterhouses) are definitely more numerous than is popularly thought of and we do care a lot about human in addition to animal life.
Aside from that, his equal positioning of racism and "speciesism" just did not sit well with me as I said as well as his comparisons to slavery.
I also liked that he pointed out how those who eschew animal products are often also involved in anti-racist and anti-sexist activist work and how their veganism is often inextricable from both. Vegans who care about ending all human exploitation (especially that which you encounter on factory farms and slaughterhouses) are definitely more numerous than is popularly thought of and we do care a lot about human in addition to animal life.
Aside from that, his equal positioning of racism and "speciesism" just did not sit well with me as I said as well as his comparisons to slavery.
nachasotov's review against another edition
4.0
En liberación animal Singer revela los síntomas que se desprenden desde el especismo que corroe en la forma de ver el mundo de la mayoría de las personas debido a las maneras que el mercado y al mismo tiempo la comodidad de muchos ha encontrado de traspasar a través de generaciones. En este libro me encontré con elementos que ya conocía por el tiempo que ya llevo leyendo sobre veganismo y ética animal, donde no se ahonda mucho en la enfermedad central que lleva a estos síntomas: el utilitarismo dado a las vidas no humanas. A pesar de lo anterior creo que es una lectura muy recomendable para todes quienes quieren adentrar en el movimiento y la importancia de la implementación de cambios estructurales y de pensamiento colectivo en favor del bienestar de todas las especies.
wafflelord1's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.75
monikuc's review
5.0
It was a really hard read, but a really good book nonetheless. Hard to read about animal abuse, but also i liked the author's point of view on how we can better our lives and the animals without judging and giving more examples of how to lead every day life.