Food For Thought

Informationen zum Autor Educated at Somerville College, Oxford, Elizabeth Telfer is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. She is the co-author (with R.S.Downie) of Respect for Persons (1969) and Caring and Curing (1980), and (with R.S.Downie and Eileen M.Loudfoot) of Education and Personal Relationships (1974), and is the author of Happiness (1980). Klappentext Looking at the philosophical issues raised by food this short and accessible book questions the place food should have in our individual lives. It shows how traditional philosophy and its classic texts can illuminate an everyday subject. Zusammenfassung Looking at the philosophical issues raised by food this short and accessible book questions the place food should have in our individual lives. It shows how traditional philosophy and its classic texts can illuminate an everyday subject. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter 1 Feeding the Hungry; Chapter 2 The Pleasures of Food; Chapter 3 Food as Art; Chapter 4 Food Duties; Chapter 5 Hospitableness; Chapter 6 Temperance; Chapter 7 Conclusion;

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Telfer, Telfer Elizabeth
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.09.1996
• EAN: 9780415133821
• ISBN: 978-0-415-13382-1
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; History, COOKING / General, PHILOSOPHY / General, Humanities, Ethics and moral philosophy, Cookery / food and drink / food writing