On Their Own Terms: Animal Liberation for the 21st Century - Paperback

by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (Foreword by), Lee Hall (Author)

Why the need for a new animal-liberation philosophy? We are owning up to our role in the disruption of our climate. Now, we need to do better than react to serial emergencies. It's time to redefine our role within Earth's great biological community. On Their Own Terms: Animal Liberation for the 21st Century uncovers our personal connections with the current emissions and extinction crises. It explores the human potential to fit our own habitat, while allowing nonhuman communities to thrive in theirs. Explore the hits and misses of animal and environmental advocacy. Learn the ethic underlying the burgeoning vegan movement. And consider some personal goal-setting exercises. This book is a call to community action, and your workshop for social change.

Author Biography

Ten years of experience as an airline worker, including numerous encounters with shipped animals, forged Lee Hall's interest in animal-liberation philosophy. Hall earned a law degree at age 37, then worked in immigration legal services, taught immigration and animal law at Rutgers University, and served as an animal lawyer in the non-profit world for a decade. In 2014, Hall earned a Master of Laws in environmental law with a focus on climate change. Hall has been interviewed for Allegheny Front Environmental Radio, Alternet, and Court TV, and teaches at Widener University - Delaware Law.