Food Ethics (Professional Ethics)

Mepham, Ben

ISBN 10: 0415124522 / ISBN 13: 9780415124522

Published by Routledge, 1996

About this Item

Food has become the focus of a wide range of ethical concerns. This book applies ethical principles to such concern. The contributors provide treatments of a number of topical issues - from global hunger and its ethical implications to the cultural habits affecting consumption. Editor(s): Mepham, Ben. Series: Professional Ethics. Num Pages: 192 pages, line drawing. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295. . 1996. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Food Ethics (Professional Ethics)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415124522
• ISBN 13: 9780415124522
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 global hunger and its ethical implications to the cultural habits affecting consumption. This interdisciplinary study will prove to be essential reading for all those concerned with food, as professionals, students or consumers.

About the Author

Ben Mepham is Director of the Centre for Applied Bioethics at Nottingham University. He has published widely in the fields of bioethics and applied biology.