Books
The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation?
Gary L. Francione
Columbia University Press, 2010
Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation
Gary L. Francione
Columbia University Press, 2008
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A prominent and respected philosopher of animal rights law and ethical theory, Gary L. Francione is known for his criticism of animal welfare laws and regulations, his abolitionist theory of animal rights, and his promotion of veganism and nonviolence as the baseline principles of the abolitionist movement. In this collection, Francione advances the most radical theory of animal rights argued to date. Unlike Peter Singer, Francione maintains that we cannot morally justify using animals under any circumstances, and unlike Tom Regan, Francione’s theory applies to all sentient beings, and not only to those who have more sophisticated cognitive abilities.
Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog?
Gary L. Francione
Temple University Press, 2000
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Two-thirds of Americans polled by the Associated Press agree with the following statement: An animal’s right to live free of suffering should be just as important as a person’s right to live free of suffering.
More than 50 percent of Americans believe that it is wrong to kill animals to make fur coats or to hunt them for sport. But these same Americans eat hamburgers, take their children to circuses and rodeos, and use products developed with animal testing. How do we justify our inconsistency?
Rain Without Thunder: Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement
Gary L. Francione
Temple University Press, 1996
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Are “animal welfare” supporters indistinguishable from the animal exploiters they oppose? Do reformist measures reaffirm the underlying principles that make animal exploitation possible in the first place? In this provocative book, Gary L. Francione argues that the modern animal rights movement has become indistinguishable from a century-old concern with the welfare of animals that in no way prevents them from being exploited.
Animals, Property, and the Law
Gary L. Francione
Temple University Press, 1995
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“Pain is pain, irrespective of the race, sex, or species of the victim,” states William Kunstler in his foreword. This moral concern for the suffering of animals and their legal status is the basis for Gary L. Francione’s profound book, which asks, Why has the law failed to protect animals from exploitation?
Vivisection and Dissection in the Classroom: A Guide to Conscientious Objection
Gary L. Francione and Anna E. Charlton
American Anti-Vivisection Society, 1992
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Federal and state law provide important protections to students who have a conscientious objection to harming animals in an educational context. This book is an important tool, with over 130 pages of practical and theoretical assistance on the issue of students rights at every education level.
