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The philosophy of food /

This book explores food from a philosophical perspective, bringing together sixteen leading philosophers to consider the most basic questions about food: What is it exactly? What should we eat? How do we know it is safe? How should food be distributed? What is good food? David M. Kaplan's erudi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kaplan, David M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012.
Colección:California studies in food and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Real men have manners / Roger Scruton
  • Down-home global cooking: a third option between cosmopolitanism and localism / Lisa Heldke
  • Hunger is the best sauce: the aesthetics of food / Kevin W. Sweeney
  • Smells, tastes, and everyday aesthetics / Emily Brady
  • Ethical gourmandism / Carolyn Korsmeyer
  • Two evils in food country: hunger and lack of representation / Michiel Korthals
  • Ethics and genetically modified food / Gary Comstock
  • The ethics of food safety in the twenty-first century: who keeps the public good?
  • The myth of happy meat / Richard P. Haynes
  • Animal welfare, happy meat, and veganism as the moral baseline / Gary L. Francione
  • Animal ethics and food production in the twenty-first century / David Fraser
  • Nature politics and the philosophy of agriculture / Paul B. Thompson
  • The ethics and sustainability of aquaculture / Matthias Kaiser
  • Scenarios for food security / David Castle, Keith Culver, and William Hannah
  • Nutritionism and functional foods / Gyorgy Scrinis
  • In vitro meat: what are the moral issues? / Stellan Welin, Julie Gold, and Johanna Berlin.