Eating Animals
“Ironically, the utterly unselective omnivore — “I’m easy; I’ll eat anything” — can appear more socially sensitive than the individual who tries to eat in a way that is good for society.”
“Isn’t it strange how upset people get about a few dozen baseball players taking growth hormones, when we’re doing what were doing to our food animals and feeding them to our children?”
“If we were to one day encounter a form of life more powerful and intelligent than our own, and it regarded us as we regard fish, what would be our argument against being eaten?”
Foer is better known for his novels-turned-movies Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. This book is part memoir, part investigative journalism, diving deeply into the scientific, cultural, moral, and philosophical questions raised when we eat animals.