Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2019-09-16
Books mentioned on Veganism, Atheism and Morality - Cosmic Skeptic - #103
Alex O'Connor aka Cosmic Skeptic is a YouTuber and Student at Oxford University. How many people go vegan due to a philosophical debate?
Alex O’Connor discussed Animal Liberation by Peter Singer and Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Animal Liberation
Animal Liberation by Peter Singer is a foundational philosophy text that galvanized the modern animal rights movement by arguing against the moral permissibility of animal exploitation.
Discussed“and the main thing that got me thinking about it was Peter singers Burke Animal Liberation Peter singer is probably the most important philosopher in my life”
Where to get it
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Eating Animals
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer is a non-fiction investigation into the ethics of meat production, factory farming, and the environmental impacts of modern diets.
Discussed“there's a book called eating animals should we stop I can't remember who it's by but he made this point he was like in the introduction or something he says I bet you assume what my conclusion is here”
Where to get it
