Joan Dunayer

Joan Dunayer
OccupationPhilosopher
Known forAnimal equality, anti-speciesism
Notable workAnimal Equality: Language and Liberation (2001), Speciesism (2004)

Joan Dunayer is an American philosopher and abolitionist animal rights advocate. She is the author of two books, Animal Equality (2001) and Speciesism (2004). She has argued for "species equality" the view that all animals including insects should be given rights.[1]

Dunayer graduated from Princeton University and has master's degrees in English literature, education, and psychology.[2] She became a vegan in 1989.[3]

  1. ^ Yount, Lisa (2008). Animal Rights. Infobase Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-8160-7130-2
  2. ^ "Joan Dunayer"[usurped], Lantern Books, accessed 4 June 2012.
  3. ^ Always for Animal Rights (2023-07-26), Episode 97: Interview with animal rights author Joan Dunayer about speciesism and language, retrieved 2024-07-15