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Professor Linzey has written many acclaimed books but this is surely his most important to date. It is an exhilirating read and its lucid and persuasive style and cogent marshalling and presentation of his powerful central arguments make it a classic philosophical and religious vindication of animal rights. Feargus O'Connor, faith and Freedom 63:1 The book is excellently done... with exhaustive scholarship, meticulous argumentation, and clear organization, making it very suitable as a textbook... one can only welcome Linzey's latest book, which admirably reinforces why we ought to care enough about animal suffering at human hands to strive to end it. Joel Marks, Philosophy Now Those sceptical folk who doubt that anything of practical importance could issue form a theology department will be confused by this book. Linzey, a theologian and director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, here adopts a strategy of rational ju jitsu... A rights-based approach to animal welfare, he succeeds in showing, is not the only game in town. Steven Poole, The Guardian Why Animal Suffering Matters sets out to show us that anthropogenic suffereing is both real and morally relevant... [Linzey] combines arguments familiar in animal ethics with his own viewpoints - a mixture that provides an alluring introduction to the topic... The book is greatly enhanced by Linzey's lucid style of writing. Such lucidity is much needed in the contemporary society that tends to approach animals via what has been called moral schizophrenia , within which essentially similar animals are treated in radically different ways based on their use-category (thus, pet dogs are mwmbers of the family, while cognitively similar pigs are food). Consisitency and clarity rarely enter the picture... Linzey offers us a convincing alternative... Linzey's book provides a fine introduction to why animal suffering matters. It could, and arguably should, be utilised by universites, schools and laypeople alike. Elisa Aaltola, Times Higher Education informed and balanced... Why Animal Suffering Matters offers a broad, engaging argument on an important, complex issue. Linzey writes his theory with knowledge and clarity, making this book accessible for newcomers as well as those who are already familiar with Linzey's work. Georgina Lea, The Vegan It is a very rare work that skillfully entwines theological and philosophical argument on a subject of practical urgency . Linzey has written such a book. Read it for information, illumination and motivation. Mark Bernstein, Expository Times Linzey has been tireless in calling attention to the treatment of animals as an important moral and theological issue. The contribution of this book is to continue that advocacy loud and clear. Michael Banner, Theology

The book is excellently done... with exhaustive scholarship, meticulous argumentation, and clear organization, making it very suitable as a textbook... one can only welcome Linzey's latest book, which admirably reinforces why we ought to care enough about animal suffering at human hands to strive to end it. Joel Marks, Philosophy Now Those sceptical folk who doubt that anything of practical importance could issue form a theology department will be confused by this book. Linzey, a theologian and director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, here adopts a strategy of rational ju jitsu... A rights-based approach to animal welfare, he succeeds in showing, is not the only game in town. Steven Poole, The Guardian Why Animal Suffering Matters sets out to show us that anthropogenic suffereing is both real and morally relevant... [Linzey] combines arguments familiar in animal ethics with his own viewpoints - a mixture that provides an alluring introduction to the topic... The book is greatly enhanced by Linzey's lucid style of writing. Such lucidity is much needed in the contemporary society that tends to approach animals via what has been called moral schizophrenia , within which essentially similar animals are treated in radically different ways based on their use-category (thus, pet dogs are mwmbers of the family, while cognitively similar pigs are food). Consisitency and clarity rarely enter the picture... Linzey offers us a convincing alternative... Linzey's book provides a fine introduction to why animal suffering matters. It could, and arguably should, be utilised by universites, schools and laypeople alike. Elisa Aaltola, Times Higher Education informed and balanced... Why Animal Suffering Matters offers a broad, engaging argument on an important, complex issue. Linzey writes his theory with knowledge and clarity, making this book accessible for newcomers as well as those who are already familiar with Linzey's work. Georgina Lea, The Vegan

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Andrew Linzey is Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, and a Member of the Faculty of Theology in the University of Oxford, and Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. He is the author of Animal Theology, Creatures of the Same God and Animal Rites: Liturgies of Animal Care.

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