Ethical Vegetarianism: From Pythagoras to Peter Singer

For vegetarians seeking the historical roots of vegetarianism, for animal rights activists and the environmentally concerned, and for those questioning their consumption of meat, here's a book that provides a deep understanding of vegetarianism as more than just a dietary decision.

This is the first comprehensive collection of primary source material on vegetarianism as a moral choice and includes the writings of Carol Adams, Bernard de Mandeville, Mohandas Gandhi, Oliver Goldsmith, Anna Kingsford, Frances Moore Lapp�, Porphyry, Pythagoras, Tom Regan, Albert Schweitzer, Seneca, Peter Singer, Leo Tolstoy, and Richard Wagner, among others.

• Author
• Kerry S. Walters, Lisa Portmess

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 304

• Publisher
• State University of New York Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780791440445

• Genres
• philosophy, food, vegan, history, vegetarianism

• Release date
• 1999