{"product_id":"fear-factories-arguments-about-innocent-creatures-and-merciless-people-paperback","title":"Fear Factories: Arguments about Innocent Creatures and Merciless People - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Scully\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFear Factories: Arguments about Innocent Creatures and Merciless People\u003c\/em\u003e searches for answers to questions that people of good will have always asked about the treatment of animals. The book shines a light on practices and industries that leave us uneasy when we hear about them, because they are so plainly inconsistent with the just and compassionate societies we aspire to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith fresh and compelling arguments, in a style the late Christopher Hitchens described as \"beautiful and witty prose,\" former presidential speechwriter Matthew Scully asks us to look clearly at often horrific abuses in animal agriculture, blood sport, scientific research, and other industries, using reasoned moral judgment to advance an ethic of love and respect for our fellow creatures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book collects three decades of published writings -- from \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNational Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere -- as a sequel to Scully's 2002 \u003cem\u003eDominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy\u003c\/em\u003e, a work many readers have called life-changing. \"\u003cem\u003eDominion\u003c\/em\u003e,\" wrote \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e reviewer Natalie Angier, \"is a horrible, wonderful, important book. . . . [A] beautiful book, rich with thought, and a balm to the scared, lonely animal in us all.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause animals are all so powerless before us, as Scully writes in a preface to \u003cem\u003eFear Factories\u003c\/em\u003e, they are \"a test of conscience for us all. Far from being some minor, peripheral ethical dispute we can leave to the philosophers or worry about some other time, the way we treat animals is a crucial, urgent, defining issue for humanity.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777034027296,"sku":"9798989274017","price":20.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6cf7fc83a81a1f6251642dd6db88e5ec.webp?v=1780490779","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fear-factories-arguments-about-innocent-creatures-and-merciless-people-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}