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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783870203321

Titolo

Food ethics [[electronic resource] /] / ed. by Ben Mepham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-80342-7

0-203-29134-4

0-203-01108-2

1-280-33527-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Professional ethics

Altri autori (Persone)

MephamT. B

Disciplina

178

Soggetti

Food industry and trade - Moral and ethical aspects

Food supply

Agricultural innovations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-172) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Food Ethics; Copyright Page; Contents; Series editors' foreword; Notes on contributors; Preface; 1. Global hunger: moral dilemmas: Nigel Dower; 2. Food aid and trade: John S.Marsh; 3. Sustainable food systems: Jeremy Cherfas; 4. Animals as food producers: Andrew Johnson; 5. The equation between food production, nutrition and health: Michael Crawford and Keb Ghebremeskel; 6. Food safety: the ethical dimensions: Erik Millstone; 7. Ethical analysis of food biotechnologies: an evaluative framework: Ben Mepham; 8. Bread to biotechnology: cultural aspects of food ethics: Leslie Gofton

9. Consumer sovereignty as ethical practice in food marketing: Robert Hamilton10. Ethical issues in agricultural and food research policy: Ben Mepham; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

None of us can avoid being interested in food. Our very existence depends on the supply of safe, nutritious foods. It is then hardly surprising that food has become the focus of a wide range of ethical concerns: Is the food we buy safe? Is it produced by means which respect the welfare of animals and sustain the land? Are modern biotechnologies employed in food production immoral? This book addresses such issues by applying ethical principles to many areas of



current concern. The contributors provide original and thought-provoking treatments of a number of highly topical issues - from glob