The Omnivore’s Deception
What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals, and Ourselves
By John Sanbonmatsu | Publisher: NYU Press
About the book
Offers the most powerful case yet for ending our exploitation of animals for food
Millions of Americans see themselves as \"conflicted omnivores,\" worrying about the ethical and environmental implications of their choice to eat animals. Yet their attempts to justify their choices only obscure the truth of the matter: in John Sanbonmatsu’s view, killing and eating animals is unethical, regardless of whether they are \"free range\" or factory farmed. Shattering the conventional wisdom around the meat economy, he reframes the question of animal agriculture from one of \"sustainability\" to one of existential and moral purpose, presenting a powerful case for the total abolition of the animal economy. In a rejoinder to Michael Pollan and other critics who have told us that we can have our meat and our consciences, too, he shows why \"humane meat\" is always a contradiction in terms.
The Omnivore’s Deception provides a deeply observed philosophical meditation on the nature of our relationship with animals. Peeling back the myriad layers of myth, falsehoods, and bad faith that keep us eating meat, the book offers a novel perspective on our troubled relations with animals in the food economy. The problem with raising and killing animals for food isn't just that it's \"bad for the environment,” but the wrong way to live a human life.
A tour de force of moral philosophy and cultural critique, The Omnivore's Deception will change the way we think about meat, animals, and human purpose.
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Offers the most powerful case yet for ending our exploitation of animals for food
Millions of Americans see themselves as \"conflicted omnivores,\" worrying about the ethical and environmental implications of their choice to eat animals. Yet their attempts to justify their choices only obscure the truth of the matter: in John Sanbonmatsu’s view, killing and eating animals is unethical, regardless of whether they are \"free range\" or factory farmed. Shattering the conventional wisdom around the meat economy, he reframes the question of animal agriculture from one of \"sustainability\" to one of existential and moral purpose, presenting a powerful case for the total abolition of the animal economy. In a rejoinder to Michael Pollan and other critics who have told us that we can have our meat and our consciences, too, he shows why \"humane meat\" is always a contradiction in terms.
The Omnivore’s Deception provides a deeply observed philosophical meditation on the nature of our relationship with animals. Peeling back the myriad layers of myth, falsehoods, and bad faith that keep us eating meat, the book offers a novel perspective on our troubled relations with animals in the food economy. The problem with raising and killing animals for food isn't just that it's \"bad for the environment,” but the wrong way to live a human life.
A tour de force of moral philosophy and cultural critique, The Omnivore's Deception will change the way we think about meat, animals, and human purpose.
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Offers the most powerful case yet for ending our exploitation of animals for food
Millions of Americans see themselves as \"conflicted omnivores,\" worrying about the ethical and environmental implications of their choice to eat animals. Yet their attempts to justify their choices only obscure the truth of the matter: in John Sanbonmatsu’s view, killing and eating animals is unethical, regardless of whether they are \"free range\" or factory farmed. Shattering the conventional wisdom around the meat economy, he reframes the question of animal agriculture from one of \"sustainability\" to one of existential and moral purpose, presenting a powerful case for the total abolition of the animal economy. In a rejoinder to Michael Pollan and other critics who have told us that we can have our meat and our consciences, too, he shows why \"humane meat\" is always a contradiction in terms.
The Omnivore’s Deception provides a deeply observed philosophical meditation on the nature of our relationship with animals. Peeling back the myriad layers of myth, falsehoods, and bad faith that keep us eating meat, the book offers a novel perspective on our troubled relations with animals in the food economy. The problem with raising and killing animals for food isn't just that it's \"bad for the environment,” but the wrong way to live a human life.
A tour de force of moral philosophy and cultural critique, The Omnivore's Deception will change the way we think about meat, animals, and human purpose.
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Health, Relationships and Personal development > Family and health > Fitness and diet > Health: Diets and nutrition
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The Omnivore’s Deception has 360 page(s)
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John Sanbonmatsu
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NYU Press
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