Religious Vegetarianism
(June 2001)
From Hesiod to the Dalai Lama Kerry S. Walters - Editor Lisa Portmess - Editor
An anthology of writings on vegetarianism from a wide range of religious traditions.
Stretching back more than two thousand years and spanning diverse traditions, religious vegetarianism has an ancient and rich history. In this book, Kerry S. Walters and Lisa Portmess gather writings that reflect devotional as well as more analytical responses to age-old questions of animal suffering, dietary practice, and human responsi...(Read More)
Ethical Vegetarianism
(January 1999)
From Pythagoras to Peter Singer Kerry S. Walters - Editor Lisa Portmess - Editor
"Ethical Vegetarianism offers just the right mix of 'food for thought.' The movement for a more peaceful world has for too long hungered for a book like this. Here, truly, is a volume devoted to what we eat that belongs alongside those more numerous books describing how to cook it." -- Tom Regan, author of The Case for Animal Rights
For vegetarians seeking the historical roots of vegetarianism, for animal rights ac...(Read More)
Re-Thinking Reason
(September 1994)
New Perspectives in Critical Thinking Kerry S. Walters - Editor
For two decades, colleges and universities have regularly offered, and in some cases required, courses in thinking skills. Such courses generally have focused on training students in the basics of informal and formal logic, the assumption being that good thinking is logical thinking, and that instruction in critical or "good" thinking consequently should emphasize logical procedures. This "logistic" assumption is clearly reflected in both critical...(Read More)
