Food ethics

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Food Ethics: The Basics is a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the ethical dimensions of the production and consumption of food. It offers an impartial exploration of the most prominent ethical questions relating to food and agriculture including: Should we eat animals? Are locally produced foods ethically superior to globally sourced foods? Do people in affluent nations have a responsibility to help reduce global hunger? Should we embrace bioengineered foods? What should be the role of…

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Title Statements

Full title :Food ethics / Ronald L. Sandler.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (217 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781135045470, 113504547X, 132221218X, 9781322212180, 9781135045463, 1135045461
oclc:ocn893739388
LC Classification:TX357
Dewey Decimal:178

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Why food ethics?; Structure and approach; 1 Food systems; What is the global food system?; Arguments for the global food system; Concerns about the global food system; The alternative food movement; Concerns about the alternative food movement; Three questions about food systems; Conclusion; Further reading; 2 Food security and the ethics of assistance; Sources of food insecurity; Addressing global food insecurity; National obligations; Individual obligations; Conclusion.

Further reading3 Should we eat animals?; Argument from animal welfare; Objections to the argument from animal welfare; How far does the argument from animal welfare extend?; Argument from ecological impacts; Objections to the 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; Conclusion; Further reading; 4 Bioengineering.

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Agriculture -- Aspect moral Agriculture -- Moral and ethical aspects Alimentation -- Aspect moral Aliments -- Aspect moral Diet -- Moral and ethical aspects Ernährung Ernährungssicherung Ethik Food -- Moral and ethical aspects Food industry and trade -- Moral and et… Gesellschaft Lebensmittelproduktion PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy