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Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach Paperback – December 14, 2015

by Gary L. Francione (Author), Anna Charlton (Author)

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This book is about a revolution--a revolution of the heart.

The exploitation of animals is pervasive, entrenched, and horrific. In this book, the authors reject the idea that animal use is morally acceptable if we treat animals “humanely.” They reject the campaigns for “compassionate” exploitation promoted by virtually all large animal protection organizations. These campaigns, the authors argue, reinforce the notion that we can consume our way out of injustice and trade one form of exploitation for another. They are morally wrong and they are, as a practical matter, ineffective.

The central argument of this book is that we need a paradigm shift. We must see nonhuman animals as nonhuman persons.

This paradigm shift—this revolution of the heart—starts with our own veganism, not as some sort of “flexitarian lifestyle” issue, but as a basic, fundamental, and non-negotiable commitment to justice and fairness for nonhuman animals. Veganism, as a moral imperative, recognizes that we have no moral justification for using animals—however “humanely”—for our purposes. It continues with our daily efforts to educate others in creative, positive, and nonviolent ways about veganism—something that each of us can do if we want to. Every day, we have opportunities to educate family, friends, colleagues at work, and people whom we encounter in a store or on a bus. Is it easier to write a check to someone else than do the work ourselves? Of course it is. But it won’t work because the large advocacy organizations are not seeking to end animal exploitation; they are, by promoting the idea of “compassionate” animal use, seeking instead to make the public feel more comfortable about continuing to exploit animals.br>
Francione and Charlton, both attorneys and professors at Rutgers University School of Law, have the dual perspective of working on animal issues for 30 years while developing the abolitionist theory of animal rights. In this book, they discuss six principles that make up the Abolitionist Approach:

I. Principle One: Abolitionists maintain that all sentient beings, human or nonhuman, have one right—the basic right not to be treated as the property of others.

II. Principle Two: Abolitionists maintain that our recognition of this one basic right means that we must abolish, and not merely regulate, institutionalized animal exploitation, and that abolitionists should not support welfare reform campaigns or single-issue campaigns.

III. Principle Three: Abolitionists maintain that veganism is a moral baseline and that creative, nonviolent vegan education must be the cornerstone of rational animal rights advocacy.

IV. Principle Four: The Abolitionist Approach links the moral status of nonhumans with sentience alone and not with any other cognitive characteristic; all sentient beings are equal for the purpose of not being used exclusively as a resource.

V. Principle Five: Abolitionists reject all forms of human discrimination, including racism, sexism, heterosexism, ageism, ableism, and classism—just as they reject speciesism.

VI. Principle Six: Abolitionists recognize the principle of nonviolence as a core principle of the animal rights movement.

On the bedrock of these six principles, Francione and Charlton maintain that we can end animal exploitation.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Exempla Press (December 14, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 156 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0996719237
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0996719230
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.39 x 8.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,317,129 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Christian Sanchez

Wow! A Must-Read for Everyone --- Buy It Right Now!

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2016

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What an AMAZING book! This book is the most comprehensive, compelling, and profoundly fundamental books on the subject of animal rights. It is one of the best and most important books I have ever read. This book dives deeply to explain the 6 Principles of the Abolitionist Approach in fine, comprehensive detail.

It's the perfect book whether you are a non-vegan or whether you are an abolitonist vegan already - this book is a must-read for anyone and everyone. This book will unequivocally convert you into an abolitionist vegan as efficiently and as effectively as possible.

The book gets to the core concepts on the subject of animal rights and explains about why we must become abolitionist vegans. It leaves no room for arguement whatsoever - truly there isn't anything to argue when it comes to whether or not one is exploiting or not exploiting nonhuman animals. Veganism is the only response to accepting that it's wrong to use and exploit nonhuman persons.

The book is phenomenal. I've learned so much from this book. I've dedicated myself to reading and re-reading the book over and over again so that I can get better at communicating abolitionist veganism to non-vegans as well as non-abolitionist vegans alike.

I recommend this book to everyone - on the basis that almost everyone has a moral concern for nonhuman animals and that the only way to put this moral belief into action is by being a vegan.

Thank you very much Gary and Anna for such a compelling and fundamental book on the Abolitionist Approach - the only approach to animal rights which is uniquivocally sound, is logical and rational towards towards nonhuman animal justice.

I will be buying many copies of this book and will be handing them out to interested nonvegans and vegans.

Thank you for this life-changing book!
Go vegan.

--- Christian Sanchez

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CPC

Well articulated, serious, and visionnary

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2019

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This is a careful and honest exposition of the abolitionist approach. The basic idea is that animals share with humans the right to not be treated as property, and this idea is substantiated with discussion, examples, and tips for efficient activism.
The book is not judgmental (you don't need to be a vegan to enjoy it), and it is not angry or graphic. Instead, it patiently lays out the case for the abolitionist approach, making the case that veganism is a moral baseline, and that rejecting animal use by humans naturally follows from simple widely-held moral beliefs.
This book will make you ask yourself hard questions. That's a good thing! A good follow-up to this one is 'Eat like you care', by the same authors, which gives answers to many common questions (in the same style, see also 'Mind if I eat the cheeseburger').

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Ryle

If nonhuman animals matter morally to you, you must read

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2022

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A must read. Peter Singer isn't even vegan. Fellow animals are not 'things' to be used for any purpose. Abolition should be the baseline.

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Fairy Godmother

Hands-down THE book to read about animal rights and effective activism

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2017

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If you care about justice and animal rights, this is the very first book you should read. Even more so if you are willing to participate in animal rights activism.

Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation and Animals Property & The Law (Ethics And Action) by the same author, no other book would give you the clarity of ideas, the consistency of morals and the rationality of arguments to make sense of what the term "animal rights" stands for in ideological, legal and practical perspective.

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Carol Ames

A bit too dogmatic, but Gary's correct that we ...

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2017

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A bit too dogmatic, but Gary's correct that we owe animals, as a matter of justice not "kindness" or "compassion" their right not to be treated as "things." That means we ought to be ethical vegans as a way of life--living simply so that others may simply live. As long as the status quo continues unchallenged, animal "welfarism" will keep the system of animal exploitation running into perpetuity.

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Gülce Özen Gürkan

Are you ready to change the world?

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2015

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Any person who slightly cares about animals, or any person who slightly cares about justice, must read this book. It is brilliantly simple and in this simplicity, it gives the formula of changing the world into a more peaceful and just place. This book is for everyone, and it perfectly matches with its claim that if the world will change, everyone will be a part of it. Just read the book, practice the first principle in your life and go vegan, and start being a part of the solution.

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New Outlook

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2021

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A wonderful explanation of how to look at animal rights vs. animal welfare.

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2015

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Just finished reading this book. It is just fantastic. A coherent, consistent and clear abolitionist vegan message. I highly recommend it. The book is easy to read, even for people that are not used to reading animal rights theory. Gary Francione and Anna Charlton have written a book that is going to change the paradigm from animals as property to animals as persons. It is powerful!

Thank you both of you,
Andreas Månsson

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A.L.

A MUST READ

Reviewed in Germany on December 10, 2020

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This book is essential to anyone that wants to know more and wants to understand the abolitionist perspective of veganism/antispecism. I read it years ago, but lost it, so I bought it again and re-read it. Now I will gift this book to anyone that wants to open their eyes.

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James J. O'Heare

An excellent book, as are all of Francione's books

Reviewed in Canada on January 31, 2017

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An excellent book, as are all of Francione's books. This one is more of a question and answer type thing, or a series of responses to common criticism, which is great! For more of an argument from the ground up, get his book titled Introduction to Animal Rights. Francione is a genius and a master of argumentation.

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Javid Ahmed

Brilliant book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2016

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The new welfarists are unwilling to take the position that veganism is a moral imperative because they are unwilling to say that consuming animal products is categorically wrong. Instead, they promote the idea that it’s all about being on a “journey” and that we cannot make value judgments about other people’s “journeys.” When this is challenged, they claim that since most vegans were not vegan from birth, vegans have no right to criticize those who are not yet vegan. But this misses the point. Imagine someone saying, “It took me a while to stop being a racist so I think that the civil rights movement should promote the idea that it’s fine for everyone to learn to embrace equality at their own pace. If someone thinks that it’s okay to discriminate against people of color, we cannot make judgments. To say that equality is an unequivocal moral baseline is to take a ‘my way or the highway’ approach. We need baby steps. Let’s start with Racist-Joke-Free Monday.” If someone said that, we would think that such a person was seriously confused and did not understand the nature of morality.

We should, of course, always seek to teach others in a nonviolent manner. But we have an obligation to the animals to be crystal clear that the moral status of nonhumans means that any exploitation, irrespective of how “humane” it is, is morally unjustifiable. Some so-called animal advocates claim that clarity is inconsistent with nonviolence. We disagree. We would never say that racism (or sexism, or homophobia, or any other sort of human discrimination) is acceptable if it is “humane” or if we eliminate the “worst abuses.” We would never say that we should “meet racists (or sexists, or heterosexists) where they are” and respect that they are on a “journey.” Being crystal clear in the animal context is what nonviolence requires.

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Damon

Clear, consistent and uncompromising.

Reviewed in Australia on December 14, 2015

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This is a must read book for all vegans and for non-vegans who claim to care about non-human animals. A clear, consistent and uncompromising approach for the social justice movement for non-humans, the *only* social justice movement for non-humans, the grass-roots abolitionist vegan movement.

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The Best Animal Rights Activism Book Ever!

Reviewed in Germany on August 23, 2016

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This book is a summary of what needs to be done if animals are beings to care. This is the best animal rights activism guide ever. If you're new to animal righs and speciesism, just read the book.

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