July 16, 2010

Books

Humane Society?

Why Animal Suffering MattersPhilosophy, Theology, and Practical EthicsAndrew LinzeyOxford University Press, $29.95, 206 pp.

Bernard G. Prusak

Three years ago, in response to an article on vegetarianism that I published in this magazine (“All We Can Eat?” July 13, 2007), Andrew Linzey sent me an e-mail with the subject “Disappointment” and the valediction “Yours sorrowfully.” In between, he took me to task for making “the mistake of almost all Catholic moralists” who write on this topic—namely, “of (...)


 

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