International Executive Board of Directors
Dr. Nicola Taylor, Central Queensland University, Australia
Executive Director
Dr. Steven Best, University of Texas, El Paso
Director
Dr. Lisa Kemmerer, Montana State University, Billings
Director
Dr. Carol Gigliotti, Associate Editor
Emily Carr Institute
Chairperson, Advisory Board
Richard Kahn, Book Review Editor of JCAS
University of North Dakota
Secretary
Anthony J. Nocella, II
Syracuse University
Treasurer
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International
Advisory Board
Dr. John A. Alessio,
St. Cloud State University, USA
Dr. Julie Andrzejewski,
St. Cloud State University, USA
Dr. Piers Beirne,
University of Southern Maine
Dr. Stephen R.L.Clark,
University of Liverpool, England
Dr. Charlotte Laws,
Councilperson for Valley Glen, California
Dr. Annie Potts, Researh & Syllabi Director
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Dr. Maxwell Schnurer, Newsletter & Reports Editor
Humboldt State University, USA
Dr. Richard Twine,
Lancaster University, England
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Books by ICAS Members
In search of Consistency: Ethics and Animals
by Lisa Kemmerer
This volume introduces the most important ideas in animal ethics and builds on a critical dialogue emerging at the intersection of animal rights, environmental ethics, and religious studies. In search of Consistency examines the work of influential scholars Tom Regan (animal rights), Peter Singer (utilitarian ethics), Andrew Linzey (theologian), and Paul Taylor (environmental ethics), and explores ethics and animals across six world religions (Indigenous faiths, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam). In Search of Consistency sheds light on 'the sanctity of life' by means of an intriguing moral theory, 'The Minimize Harm Maxim', rooted in the time-honoured moral ideals of impartiality and consistency. This volume questions what it means to be human and challenges our assumed place in the universe.
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Igniting a Revolution: Voices in Defenes of the Earth
Steve Best and Anthony J. Nocella, II, ed.
Global warming, acid rain, deforestation, air and water pollution are but a few of the overwhelming indicators that the earth's health is worsening. For decades, environmental groups have been resisting the destructive trends set by industry and government, but as the social and political climate has changed, popular protest movements have become less and less effective. As the earth's situation worsens, those opposing its destruction have out of necessity become increasingly militant. Corporate and federal properties have been vandalized, set ablaze-even bombed-and the government is meeting this new brand of environmental militance with an increasingly heavy hand.
Whether you're drawn by frustration with environmental strategies that, to date, have been ineffective against this growing ecological crisis, or simply by curiosity (Who are these people? Why are they doing this? What do they hope to gain?), Igniting a Revolution offers a fascinating and compelling look at the emerging movement of revolutionary environmentalism.
Includes essays by Marilyn Buck, Robert Jensen, John Zerzan, Ashanti Alston, Jeffrey "Free" Luers, Derrick Jensen, Ann Hansen, and a preface by Bron Taylor.
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Aftershock Confronting Trauma in a Violent World A Guide for Activists and Their Allies
by pattrice jones
Aftershock explores the culture of trauma that people have created through our violent exploitation of the Earth, other animals, and one another. As long as we continue to perpetrate such violations, we will never fully heal our own traumatic injuries. This book, therefore, is for survivors of all kinds of trauma, for therapists who treat trauma, and for anyone who hopes to reduce the amount of terror in the world.
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Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?
Reflections on the Liberation of Animals
Steven Best & Anthony J. Nocella, II, ed.
The first anthology of writings on the history, ethics, politics and tactics of the Animal Liberation Front, Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? features both academic and activist perspectives and offers powerful insights into this international organization and its position within the animal rights movement. Calling on sources as venerable as Thomas Aquinas and as current as the Patriot Act—and, in some cases, personal experience—the contributors explore the history of civil disobedience and sabotage, and examine the philosophical and cultural meanings of words like “terrorism,†“democracy†and “freedom,†in a book that ultimately challenges the values and assumptions that pervade our culture. Contributors include Robin Webb, Rod Coronado, Ingrid Newkirk, Paul Watson, Karen Davis, Bruce Friedrich and others.
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