Food Ethics: The Basics

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 reading
3 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
	Genetic engineering: background and context
	Genetically modified crops
	Genetically modified animals
	Synthetic meat
	Conclusion
	Further reading
5 Food and health
	Foodborne risks
	Obesity and public health
	Nutritionism, dietary supplements and dieting
	Eating disorders
	Conclusion
	Further reading
6 Food and culture
	Respecting culture
	Problematic cultural practices
	Ethical relativism
	The normativity of culture
	Foodie culture
	Conclusion
	Further reading
Bibliography
Index