Animal Liberation Now: The Definitive Classic Renewed

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Publication Date｜2025-05-01

Authors｜Peter Singer

Press｜Life Conservationist Association(LCA)

ISBN｜9789579905992

Synopsis

Translator｜吳宗蓉

Editor｜錢永祥

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｜Description｜

When *Animal Liberation* was first published in 1975, it helped change the lives of countless animals. In 2023, Peter Singer released a thoroughly revised version, with two-thirds of the content newly written and a new title: *Animal Liberation: Now*. The book documents the past and present conditions of animals used in experiments and in farming, prompting deep reflection and debate on morality, justice, and environmental protection.

 

In addition to the heartbreaking realities animals face, Professor Singer offers reasonable and practical solutions:

 

• Avoid consuming animal products, and encourage others to do the same.

The point is not to keep oneself free from guilt, but to reduce economic support for animal exploitation.

 

• Why should we liberate animals?

In an era when many groups are calling for their rights, "animal rights" remain the most neglected—because animals cannot speak. But if they cannot speak, can we, who witness their suffering, speak for them?

 

• Animals, like us, are sentient—they feel pain and distress.

Humans are capable of recognizing when other beings suffer, but we often avoid facing uncomfortable truths. Yet if animals can feel just as we do, shouldn't their interests be equally considered?

 

• This book speaks for those who cannot speak—may you be willing to listen.

Since its first publication in 1975, Professor Singer has awakened millions to the reality of speciesism and helped spark a global animal rights movement. In this book, he exposes how laboratories and factory farms exploit animals with cruelty, revealing truths long hidden in the dark.

 

• A final, expanded edition for the 50th anniversary—complete arguments and updated issues

This new edition, after several revisions, brings together the most complete arguments and current examples. It covers the massive expansion of factory farming driven by growing demand for animal products, the damage meat consumption causes to the climate and environment, and the risk of new viruses—potentially more severe than COVID-19—spreading from factory farms. On the other hand, Singer also highlights the progress made in animal advocacy over the past fifty years, encouraging us to keep moving forward.

 

• A practical guide to changing the status quo

This book not only exposes existing problems, but also offers feasible alternatives from philosophical, ethical, and action-based perspectives. It is a timeless classic for those who care about conscience, morality, fairness, and justice.

 

｜Contents｜

Publisher's Preface

Foreword

Author's Preface to the 2023 Edition

CHAPTER 1: All Animals Are Equal . . . or why the ethical principle on which human equality rests requires us to extend equal consideration to animals too

CHAPTER 2: Tools for Research . . . no, it’s not all about saving human lives

CHAPTER 3: Down on the Factory Farm . . . or what happened to your dinner when it was still an animal

CHAPTER 4: Living Without Speciesism . . . while combating climate change and enjoying a healthier life

CHAPTER 5: Man’s Dominion . . . a short history of speciesism

CHAPTER 6: Speciesism Today . . . objections to Animal Liberation, and the progress made in overcoming them

Editor's Afterword

Notes