Thomas Lepeltier

**Thomas Lepeltier**

– **Life and Work:**
– Born on January 4, 1967
– Completed a PhD in astrophysics in 1994
– Taught in Newcastle, Toulouse, and Paris
– Published ‘La Révolution végétarienne’ in 2013
– Became an Associate Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics in 2019

– **Philosophy:**
– Antispeciesist philosophy
– Criticizes justifications for consuming animal products
– Advocates for reducing the suffering of wild animals
– Believes humans should work towards preventing predation
– Engaged with the animalist movement

– **Publications:**
– **As author:**
– ‘Les véganes vont-ils prendre le pouvoir?’ (2019)
– ‘La Face cachée de l’Univers’ (2014)
– ‘Vive le créationnisme! Point de vue d’un évolutionniste’ (2009)
– ‘Darwin hérétique: L’éternel retour du créationnisme’ (2007)
– ‘Univers parallèles’ (2010)
– **As co-author:**
– ‘Les Grands penseurs de l’éducation’ (2018)
– ‘Les grands mythes’ (2017)
– ‘Peter Singer et La libération animale’ (2017)
– ‘Révolutions animales’ (2016)
– ‘La Philosophie, un art de vivre’ (2017)
– **As editor:**
– ‘La Révolution antispéciste’ (2018)
– ‘Histoire et philosophie des sciences’ (2013)
– ‘Un autre cosmos?’ (2012)

– **References:**
– BnF Catalogue général (2011-12-07)
– Angelaki (August 2005)
– Journal of Animal Ethics (2020-04-21)
– Vegactu (2013-02-08)
– Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics (2019-04-19)

– **Controversies:**
– Criticized for condemning all breeding
– Criticized for analogies with human slavery and The Holocaust
– Engaged in debates on French television, radio, and forums
– Regular contributor to popular science magazines
– Editor of the French-language antispeciesist journal ‘L’Amorce’