A plea for the animals : the moral, philosophical, and evolutionary imperative to treat all beings with compassion
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Boulder : Shambhala, 2016., , 2016.
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First Papeback edition.
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Published
Boulder : Shambhala, 2016., , 2016.
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Book
Edition
First Papeback edition.
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341 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
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"Previously published in French [in 2014] as Plaidoyer pour les animaux: Vers un bienveillance pour tous."
Description
A powerful and wide-ranging indictment of the treatment of animals by humans--and an eloquent plea for animal rights. Every cow just wants to be happy. Every chicken just wants to be free. Every bear, dog, or mouse experiences sorrow and feels pain as intensely as any of us humans do. In a compelling appeal to reason and human kindness, Matthieu Ricard here takes the arguments from his best-sellers Altruism and Happiness to their logical conclusion: that compassion toward all beings, including our fellow animals, is a moral obligation and the direction toward which any enlightened society must aspire. He chronicles the appalling sufferings of the animals we eat, wear, and use for adornment or entertainment, and submits every traditional justification for their exploitation to scientific evidence and moral scrutiny. What arises is an unambiguous and powerful ethical imperative for treating all of the animals with whom we share this planet with respect and compassion.
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Translated from the French.
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Ricard, M. (2016). A plea for the animals: the moral, philosophical, and evolutionary imperative to treat all beings with compassion (First Papeback edition.). Shambhala.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ricard, Matthieu. 2016. A Plea for the Animals: The Moral, Philosophical, and Evolutionary Imperative to Treat All Beings With Compassion. Shambhala.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ricard, Matthieu. A Plea for the Animals: The Moral, Philosophical, and Evolutionary Imperative to Treat All Beings With Compassion Shambhala, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ricard, Matthieu. A Plea for the Animals: The Moral, Philosophical, and Evolutionary Imperative to Treat All Beings With Compassion First Papeback edition., Shambhala, 2016.
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