Ethics of Food
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This essay provides an overview of Plato’s contribution to food ethics. Drawing on various Platonic dialogues, the discussion includes an analysis of the problem of gluttony and the correlate virtue of moderation, the diet of the... more
Ljudi radi svojih interesa godišnje ubiju desetine milijardi životinja, a to znači desetine miliona na dan, milione na sat, desetine hiljada na minut, hiljade svake sekunde. Takvo masovno ubijanje i nanošenje patnje, kao i sama... more
I argue that a primary aim of philosophical reflections upon food and food practices should be to affirm their significance to and meaning for human life. The production, consumption, and appreciation of food enjoy a broader significance... more
Food justice is commonly understood as the norm that everyone should have access to safe, healthy and culturally-appropriate foods no matter one’s national origin, economic statuses, social identities, cultural membership, or disability.... more
Ethical aspects of animal cloning for food supply In February 2007, following the announcement by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning possible authorisation of food products derived from cloned cattle, pigs and goats on... more
Pitanje neumjerenosti u jelu i piću često i olako svodimo samo na količinu pojedenih i popijenih namirnica. Ipak, promotrim o li otajstvo hrane i pića malo manje površnim i malo manje uskim pogledom, vidjet ćemo da su proždrljivost i... more
This is chapter 5 of From Field to Fork: Food Ethics for Everyone (Oxford, 2015). It discusses ethical dilemmas that arise in making attempts to improve the welfare of animals being housed in intensive production systems
The thesis is that concepts used in currently dominant customized nutrition will not match easily with the concepts on food and health of various food styles that roam western societies and with a broader view of the relationship between... more
Provides an overview of the intersection between food and ethics, highlighting "Food, Oil, Genetics," "The Growth of Organics," "Vegetarianism and Veganism," "Place-based Eating," "Food in the City," and "The Social Practice of... more
The role of Amartya Sen’s early work on famine notwithstanding, food security is generally seen as but one capability among many for scholars writing in development ethics. The early literature on the ethics of hunger is summarized to... more
This excerpt of From Field to Fork was published independently in Ethics Food and Society (Oxford, 2015). It discusses the relationship between food security and food sovereignty.
Inleiding Een pak rijst, een bloemkool, een kilo aardappelen zien er zo simpel uit: je koopt ze in de winkel, kookt ze enkele minuten en legt ze op je bord. Maar de processen die de rijst, bloemkool of aardappel tot resultaat hebben, daar... more
Een belangrijke verandering die zich in de negentiende eeuw voltrekt, wordt in dit essay aangeduid als ‘de geboorte van de consument’. Om de actuele verschuiving en ontwikkelingen inzake de consumptie te begrijpen, is het goed een blik te... more
The rise of responsible innovation of agriculture is a logic inevitable constituted by the addressing of agricultural Grand Challenges, comprehensive governance of agriculture 4.0. and the rectifying of capital logic.. The characteristics... more
В статье рассматриваются сырные традиции европейских регионов как часть гастрономической аутентичности и традиции потребления еды, свойственной определенной территории. Алтайская территория исследуется в качестве одной из территорий... more
Dietary guidelines are mostly issued by agrifood departments or agencies of governments, and are the result of power play between interest groups and values. They have considerable influence over food preferences and purchases of... more
Recent publications by Pogge (Global ethics: seminal essays. St. Paul: Paragon House 2008) and by Singer (The life you can save: acting now to end world poverty. New York: Random House 2009) have resuscitated a debate over the... more