Since the publication
of his groundbreaking book, Animal Liberation (1975), the Princeton
philosopher, Peter Singer, has had
perhaps the greatest influence on the animal rights movement in America, the
U.K. and elsewhere.
James
Rachels has
approached the moral treatment of other animals in light of the implications
of evolution. He has fully explored
the problematic beliefs in supposed categorical differences between humans
and nonhumans.
Tom Regan has best established the moral and rational basis for animal rights in his scholarly work, The Case For Animal Rights. A true philosophical tour de force, this book has consumed many within and outside academia.
Steve
Sapontzis has treated morality and animal rights in terms of traditional
moral views. He cogently argues that animal liberation is necessary in order
for our commonly held moral views and principles to be consistent.
Carol J. Adams is the author of The Sexual Politics of Meat, which identified how patriarchal thought and structures give rise to the eating of animals. She reveals the interconnection between the oppression of animals and non-dominant humans.
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