Animal Liberation
- Feb 21
- 1 min read
By Peter Singer • 1975
The book that started everything. Australian philosopher Peter Singer made the case that species membership alone isn't a morally relevant criterion for how we treat a being, what matters is the capacity to suffer. He coined the term "speciesism" and applied rigorous utilitarian logic to factory farming, animal testing, and the contradictions embedded in how humans relate to other animals.
Why it matters
Before Animal Liberation, animal welfare was nothing more than a fringe sentiment in outer society. This book (often considered "the Bible" of animal welfare) has been in continuous print for over fifty years, translated into dozens of languages, and remains the most assigned text in university animal ethics courses across the globe.
ALC alignment
Peter Singer's approach to animal liberation is methodical, evidence-based, and designed to change minds. This is what The Collective is all about.
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