A plea for the animals : the moral, philosophical, and evolutionary imperative to treat all beings w...
A plea for the animals : the moral, philosophical, and evolutionary imperative to treat all beings w...
A plea for the animals : the moral, philosophical, and evolutionary imperative to treat all beings with compassion / Matthieu Ricard ; translated by Sherab Chodzin Kohn.
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Publisher
Boulder : Shambhala, 2016.
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G 2017/6240
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Language
English
French
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Physical Description
Physical content
341 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
A brief history of the relations between humans and animals -- Out of sight, out of mind -- Everybody loses: the effects of industrial breeding and meat eating on poverty, the environment and health -- The real face of industrial animal breeding -- Sorry excuses -- The continuum of life -- The mass...
Publication information
Publisher
Boulder : Shambhala, 2016.
Edition
First English edition.
Place of Publication
Colorado
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
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 kindnes...
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Full title
A plea for the animals : the moral, philosophical, and evolutionary imperative to treat all beings with compassion / Matthieu Ricard ; translated by Sherab Chodzin Kohn.
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"Previously published in French [in 2014] as Plaidoyer pour les animaux: Vers un bienveillance pour tous."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/6240
Record Identifier
74VKVG6DdDpZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVG6DdDpZ
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ISBN
1611803055 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9781611803051 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
DDC
179.3
MMS ID
991024151112102626
