A review by lindarobinett
Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog

4.0

This is a very thoughtful book. Hal Herzegovina comes to the issue of human relationships with animals from both an anthropological viewpoint and then examines the philosophical side of it. Ethic, morals and our own human irrationally enter this book. It starts out as a discussion of how humans regard animals and protect and use them. He examines our contradictory attitudes through his and other individuals actions and thoughts. We meet the people who raise and fight fighting cocks as the author examines how the mass produced chickens are raised. He talks to animal rights activists who would sacrifice an animal to save human lives but oppose rat studies which could save millions of lives. I found the book to be more of a study of cognitive dissonance and human contradictions than animals. Meat eaters, vegans and those in between will find something in this book.