Classics of Animal Ethics

Animal Ethics

Foundational works in the history of animal ethics, newly edited and introduced for contemporary readers.

№ 01

Plutarch

On Carnism

One of antiquity's most powerful critiques of meat-eating, and a foundational text in the history of animal ethics.

№ 02

Voltaire

Pleas against the Slaughterhouse

Voltaire's most powerful writings in defense of animals, gathered together for the first time.

№ 03

Leo Tolstoy

“Thou Shalt Not Kill”

Tolstoy's writings on animals and vegetarianism, collected in a single volume for the first time.

№ 04

Porphyry

On Abstinence from Animal Food

A landmark of ancient philosophy and a foundational work of animal ethics, extensively modernized and annotated.