The modern savage

By James E. McWilliams

Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects, COOKING, Human-animal relationships, Animaux destinés à l'alimentation, Aspect moral, Food of animal origin, Vegetarian & Vegan, NATURE, Animal industry, Végétarisme, Agriculture & Food, Vegetarianism, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Food animals, Animal welfare, Industrie animale, Animal Rights, History, Relations homme-animal

Description: "In the last four decades, food reformers have revealed the ecological and ethical problems of eating animals raised in industrial settings, turning what was once the boutique concern of radical eco-freaks into a mainstream movement. Although animal products are often labeled 'cage free,' 'free range,' and 'humanely raised,' can we trust these goods to be safe, sound, or ethical? In [this book] ... McWilliams pushes back against [what he sees as] the questionable moral standards of a largely omnivorous world and explores the 'alternative to the alternative'--not eating domesticated animals at all"--