Eating animals

In 'Eating Animals' by Jonathan Safran Foer he tells about how he was a vegetarian and a meat eater until a few years ago. When he became a husband and father, he asked himself the question: why do we eat animals? And would we eat them if we knew how they ended up on our plates?
In a brilliant synthesis of philosophy, literature, science, and undercover journalism, Eating Animals explores the different stories we tell ourselves to justify our eating habits—from folklore to popular culture, from family traditions to Western myths—and shows how they perpetuate our ignorance.

Eating Animals is a book of strong moral commitment and great generosity, to people and to animals. It is written with the stylistic brilliance and creativity that made Jonathan Safran Foer's two previous books best-sellers. The result is a thought-provoking and challenging book about the stories we are told—and the stories we need to be told.