Justice for Animals

Our Collective Responsibility

By: Martha C. Nussbaum

Narrated by: Amanda Carlin

A “brilliant” (Chicago Review of Books), “elegantly written, and compelling” (National Review) new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum.

Animals are in trouble all over the world. Whether through the cruelties of the factory meat industry, poaching and game hunting, habitat destruction, or neglect of the companion animals that people purport to love, animals suffer injustice and horrors at our hands every day.

The world needs an ethical awakening, a consciousness-raising movement of international proportions. In Justice for Animals, one of the world’s most renowned philosophers and humanists, Martha C. Nussbaum, provides “the most important book on animal ethics written to date” (Thomas I. White, author of In Defense of Dolphins).

From dolphins to crows, elephants to octopuses, Nussbaum examines the entire animal kingdom, showcasing the lives of animals with wonder, awe, and compassion to understand how we can create a world in which human beings are truly friends of animals, not exploiters or users. All animals should have a shot at flourishing in their own way. Humans have a collective duty to face and solve animal harm. An urgent call to action and a manual for change, Nussbaum’s groundbreaking theory directs politics and law to help us meet our ethical responsibilities as no book has done before.

An important book and a good listen

The book is very well written and shed good light on the state and hopeful future of animal justice. I didn’t mind the narrators voice. If you’re interested in animals justice this seems like a great place to start.

Martha Nussbaum’s writings are a beacon of hope for the world

Martha Nussbaum’s writings and her vision of justice are truly a beacon of hope for the world.

Couldn't listen to this narration

The book is read in the kind of quivering voice used in commercials showing starving, shivering dogs. The prose is devastating enough without this style of reading. I wanted to return the book after listening for a few minutes, but could not because I had pre-ordered and paid for it rather than using a credit, so annoyed with Audible as well as with the narration.

Scientific Malpractice against Veganism

This book is full of lies about Veganism. Nussbaum is an ignorant liar who is incredibly out of touch with reality. Veganism is cheaper, healthier, morally superior, extremely environmentally friendly and wonderfully delicious!
I am extremely disappointed.

Very Disappointing

Struggled to finish. I pre-ordered this book and waited a long time for it. Re performance, this is the first book I've resorted to speeding up the pace on.

Author is condescending, and negative about thinkers on these issues who came before. And many of her conclusions simply seem to be justification for her personal biases. Overall worth reading, I suppose. But I expected more.