Food, Animals, and the Environment - An Ethical Approach

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Facts, Values, and Naturalness 3. Moral Theory 4. Moral Status 5. Agriculture and the Environment 6. Industrial Agriculture 7. Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture 8. The Ethics of Food Production 9. The Ethics of Food Consumption 10. The Ethics of Legal Food Activism 11. The Ethics of Illegal Food Activism 12. Conclusion

About the author

Christopher Schlottmann is Clinical Professor, Associate Chair, and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Environmental Studies at New York University, USA. He works on the ethical and social dimensions of environmental change.
Jeff Sebo is Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Philosophy, and Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program at New York University, USA. He works primarily in bioethics, animal ethics, and environmental ethics.

Summary

This book examines some of the main impacts that agriculture has on humans, nonhumans, and the environment, as well as some of the main questions that these impacts raise for the ethics of food production, consumption, and activism.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Schlottmann, Christopher Sebo Schlottmann, Jeff Sebo, Sebo Jeff
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138801110
• ISBN: 978-1-138-80111-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; NATURE / Natural Resources, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Animals & society, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Food security & supply, Animals and society, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Food security and supply, PHILOSOPHY / Environmental