A plea for the animals : the moral, philosophical, and evolutionary imperative to treat all beings with compassion
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Published
Boulder : Shambhala, 2016.
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Book
Edition
First English edition.
ISBN
9781611803051, 1611803055
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Mount Pleasant - Adult Non-Fiction
179.3 RIC
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179.3 RIC
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Published
Boulder : Shambhala, 2016.
Edition
First English edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781611803051, 1611803055
Notes
General Note
"Previously published in French [in 2014] as Plaidoyer pour les animaux: Vers un bienveillance pour tous."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
A powerful and wide-ranging indictment of the treatment of animals by humans--and an eloquent plea for animal rights. -- Amazon.com 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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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ricard, M. (2016). A plea for the animals: the moral, philosophical, and evolutionary imperative to treat all beings with compassion (First English 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 English edition., Shambhala, 2016.
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