Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Tom Regan
Born: November 28, 1938
Died: February 17, 2017 (aged 78)
Bio: Tom Regan was an American philosopher who specializes in animal rights theory. He was professor emeritus of philosophy at North Carolina State University, where he taught from 1967 until his retirement in 2001.
Known for:
- The Case for Animal Rights (1983)
- Defending animal rights (2001)
- Empty Cages (2004)
- The Animal Rights Debate (2001)