Food ethics: the basics

by Sandler, Ronald L.

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Title Statements

Full title :Food ethics : the basics / Ronald L. Sandler.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 201 pages ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415836432, 0415836433, 9780415836449, 0415836441
oclc:ocn916259620
LC Classification:TX357
Dewey Decimal:178

Introduction -- Why food ethics? -- 1. Food systems -- What is the global food system? -- The alternative food movement -- Three questions about food systems -- 2. Food security and the ethics of assistance -- Addressing global food insecurity -- National obligations -- Individual obligations -- 3. Should we eat animals? -- Argument from animal welfare -- Argument from ecological impacts -- Argument from distributive justice -- Argument from health -- Argument from the sexual politics of meat -- An obligation to eat meat (and hunt)? -- Ethical dimensions of hunting -- Core argument against (non-subsistence) hunting -- In defense of recreational food hunting -- Commercial fishing -- 4. Bioengineering -- Genetic engineering -- Genetically modified crops -- Genetically modified animals -- Synthetic meat -- 5. Food and health -- Foodborne risks -- Obesity and public health -- Nutritionism, dietary supplements and dieting -- Eating disorders -- 6. Food and culture -- Respecting culture -- Problematic cultural practices -- Ethical relativism -- The normativity of culture -- Foodie culture.

Subjects

Agriculture -- Aspect moral Agriculture -- Moral and ethical aspects Alimentation -- Aspect moral Aliments -- Aspect moral Animal Welfare -- ethics Diet -- Moral and ethical aspects Food -- Moral and ethical aspects Food Industry -- ethics Food industry and trade -- Moral and et… Food safety