Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows by Joy, Melanie -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Dedication CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOREWORD TO THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION CHAPTER 1: To Love or To Eat?

THE PROBLEM WITH EATING DOGS THE MISSING LINK FROM EMPATHY TO APATHY

CHAPTER 2: Carnism: “It's Just the Way Things Are”

CARNISM CARNISM, IDEOLOGY, AND THE STATUS QUO CARNISM, IDEOLOGY, AND VIOLENCE

CHAPTER 3: The Way Things Really Are

WHERE ARE THEY? SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO MARKET . . . WHERE'S THE BEEF? BIRD BRAINS? CHICKENS AND TURKEYS EGGED ON AND ON: EGG-LAYING HENS GOT MILK? COWS RAISED FOR DAIRY OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES: VEAL SEA FOOD, OR SEA LIFE? FISH AND OTHER AQUATIC ANIMALS COMPASSIONATE CARNISM: “HUMANE” MEAT, EGGS, AND DAIRY IF SLAUGHTERHOUSES HAD GLASS WALLS

CHAPTER 4: Collateral Damage: The Other Casualties of Carnism

HOW SAFE ARE WE? INFECTIONS, INSPECTIONS, AND THE USDA THE HUMAN SLAUGHTERHOUSE ANIMAL OPERATIONAL HAZARDS IN THE MEATPACKING INDUSTRY CONDITIONED KILLERS OUR PLANET, OUR SELVES DEMOCRACY OR MEATOCRACY? SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: EATING CARNISTIC PRODUCTS MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH

CHAPTER 5: The Mythology of Eating Animals: Justifying Carnism

THE THREE NS OF JUSTIFICATION MEET THE MYTHMAKERS THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF APPROVAL: LEGITIMATION EATING ANIMALS IS NORMAL EATING ANIMALS IS NATURAL EATING ANIMALS IS NECESSARY THE MYTH OF FREE WILL

CHAPTER 6: Through the Carnistic Looking Glass: Internalized Carnism

THE COGNITIVE TRIO OBJECTIFICATION: VIEWING ANIMALS AS THINGS DEINDIVIDUALIZATION: VIEWING ANIMALS AS ABSTRACTIONS DICHOTOMIZATION: VIEWING ANIMALS IN CATEGORIES TECHNOLOGY, DISTORTIONS, AND DISTANCING DISTORTIONS AND DISGUST PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE CONTROL: DISGUST AND RATIONALIZATION PICKING OUT THE DOG MEAT: DISGUST AND CONTAMINATION THE MATRIX WITHIN THE MATRIX: THE CARNISTIC SCHEMA THIS WAY OUT: THE CRACK IN THE CARNISTIC MATRIX

CHAPTER 7: Bearing Witness: From Carnism to Compassion

SEEING WITH THE HEART: THE POWER OF WITNESSING FROM APATHY TO EMPATHY WITNESSING OUR RESISTANCE WITNESSING THE ZEITGEIST WITNESSING IN ACTION: WHAT YOU CAN DO BEYOND CARNISM THE COURAGE TO WITNESS

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