Philosophy and Ethics
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Ethics into Action

Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement

Peter Singer

The inspiring story of a lifelong activist, Henry Spira, whose creativity and careful thought about strategies for change will serve as a model for activists fighting injustice in a wide range of causes.

Opinion

'An inspiring account of how one individual can make a profound difference in this complex world.'
Robert Lawrence, Johns Hopkins University

'Henry Spira is not a Catholic but, if he were, his patron saint would surely be St Francis of Assisi--he who loved all God's creatures.'
Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes

About this Title

How can one person make the world a better place?

Henry Spira's extraordinary life as an activist shows that an individual can make a difference. By thinking about how giant corporations might be vulnerable, he found ways to change their practices and to stop the suffering of animals all over the world.

Spira has led Revlon, Avon and other cosmetics companies to change their testing procedures so that the words 'not tested on animals' now appear on most cosmetic products--and are true.

He stopped bizarre sex experiments on cats at a famous American museum, saved millions of cattle from having their faces scorched with hot iron brands, and spared even larger numbers of animals from pointless drug testing.

This book tells the inspiring story of a lifelong activist, whose creativity and careful thought about strategies for change will serve as a model for activists fighting injustice in a wide range of causes.

About the Author

Peter Singer was Professor of Philosophy at Monash University from 1977 to 1999, and Director of Monash's Centre for Human Bioethics from 1983 to 1991. His best-selling Animal Liberation, first published in 1975, triggered the contemporary animal rights movement world-wide. His twenty books on ethics and philosophy include Practical Ethics, Rethinking Life and Death and How are We to Live?, and he wrote the major entry on ethics in the current edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica. In July 1999 Peter Singer takes up a new appointment as DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University in the United States.

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