The Omnivore's Deception : What We Get Wrong About Meat, Animals, and Ourselves

John Sanbonmatsu

ISBN 10: 1479825964 / ISBN 13: 9781479825967

Edité par MNG University Presses Jun 2025, 2025

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Neuware - 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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• Titre: The Omnivore's Deception : What We Get Wrong About Meat, Animals, and Ourselves
• Éditeur: MNG University Presses Jun 2025
• Date de parution: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1479825964
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781479825967
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 231 L x 160 H x 30 P (en millimètres) 231 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 30 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 716 grammes

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Synopsis

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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John Sanbonmatsu is Professor of Philosophy at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA. He is the editor of Critical Theory and Animal Liberation and author of The Postmodern Prince: Critical Theory, Left Strategy, and the Making of a New Political Subject.