Book discussion: Animal Liberation Now

Join Atlanta Effective Altruists for our February 2025 book club! We’ll be reviewing Animal Liberation Now. First published nearly 50 years ago, Animal Liberation helped spark the modern animal rights movement. The newly updated edition takes a fresh look at factory farming, product testing, and how these practices impact our environment.
We’ll dig into the book’s arguments—both the groundbreaking and the controversial—while maintaining a thoughtful, critical perspective. By examining the ethical, environmental, and social dimensions of animal welfare, we hope to learn how we, as effective altruists, can best align our actions with our values.

Date & Time: March 2nd, 11AM
Location: Brash Coffee, Atlanta History Center

Publisher’s Description:
Few books maintain their relevance – and have remained continuously in print – nearly 50 years after they were first published. Now, for the first time since its original publication, Singer returns to the major arguments and examples and brings us to the current moment. This edition, revised from top to bottom, covers important reforms in the European Union, and now in various U.S. states, but on the flip side, Singer shows us the impact of the huge expansion of factory farming due to the exploding demand for animal products in China. Further, meat consumption is taking a toll on the environment, and factory farms pose a profound risk for spreading new viruses even worse than COVID-19. Animal Liberation Now includes alternatives to what has become a profound environmental and social as well as moral issue. An important and persuasive appeal to conscience, fairness, decency, and justice, it is essential reading for the supporter and the skeptic alike.

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