'' In Defence of Animals: The Second Wave '' is a 2005 book edited by the philosopher

Peter Singer Peter Albert David Singer (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher, currently the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specialises in applied ethics and approaches ethical issues from a secular ...

. It contains chapters by Gaverick Matheny, Richard Ryder,

Paola Cavalieri Paola Cavalieri (born 26 October 1950) is an Italian philosopher, most known for her work arguing for extension of human rights to the other great apes and more broadly, "to mammals and birds, and probably vertebrates in general". In addition to ...

Paul Waldau Paul may refer to: * Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

and others. The authors makes several arguments why harming animals is bad.

References

2005 non-fiction books Books about animal rights Books by Peter Singer English-language books {{animal-rights-book-stub