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Animal Liberation -The Modern Revival, Andrew N. Rowan
Animal Liberation -The Modern Revival, Andrew N. Rowan
International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems
People have questioned why there has been such an explosion of interest in animal welfare and animal rights during this period. One fortuitous event was the gathering of a small group of vegetarians at Oxford University at the end of the 1960s.
The Oxford Vegetarians- A Personal Account, Peter Singer
The Oxford Vegetarians- A Personal Account, Peter Singer
International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems
Peter Singer describes his encounters with a small group of vegetarians at Oxford University from 1969 to 1971 and some of the developments launched by those encounters with fellow philosophy students, including Richard Keshen, John Harris, and Roslind and Stanley Godlovitch. Others in Oxford at the time included philosopher Stephen Clark, theologian Andrew Linzey, and psychologist Richard Ryder. Members of the group have produced several landmark publications addressing the moral status of animals, including the initial volume, Animals, Men and Morals (edited by the Godlovitches and John Harris and published in 1971), Singer’s landmark volume, Animal Liberation in 1975, …