Ethical Vegetarianism: From Pythagoras to Peter Singer (Paperback)
by Kerry Walters (Editor), Lisa Portmess (Editor)
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Editorial Reviews
The Boston Book Review, April 1999
...thought-provoking... Walters and Portmess have done a good job in bringing together the various strands of ethical vegetarianism. ...there are some new voices who offer some telling arguments, and I particularly enjoyed reading the late 19th-century pioneer Henry Salt's wry and trenchant essay.

Book Description
For vegetarians seeking the historical roots of vegetarianism, for animal rights activists and the environmentally concerned, and for those questioning their consumption of meat, here's a book that provides a deep understanding of vegetarianism as more than just a dietary decision.
This is the first comprehensive collection of primary source material on vegetarianism as a moral choice and includes the writings of Carol Adams, Bernard de Mandeville, Mohandas Gandhi, Oliver Goldsmith, Anna Kingsford, Frances Moore Lappe, Porphyry, Pythagoras, Tom Regan, Albert Schweitzer, Seneca, Peter Singer, Leo Tolstoy, and Richard Wagner, among others. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Kerry S. Walters is Professor of Philosophy and Lisa Portmess is Chair of the Philosophy Department at Gettysburg College. Professor Walters is the editor of Re-thinking Reason: New Perspectives in Critical Thinking, also published by SUNY Press.