The impossibility of an ethical consumer

J. Karlsson

The impossibility of an ethical consumer

In: The ethics of consumption

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J. Karlsson

J. Karlsson Lund University, CTR, Trollebergsvagen 99, 227 31 Lund, Sweden; jerker@allotetraploid.se

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Pages:: 183–188

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086867844_031

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The thesis of this article is that the notion of an ethical food consumer is untenable unless it is coupled with a conception of food citizenship. The main arguments delivered against the notion of ethical food consumption are that consumption does not take the operations of moral psychology into account, nor afford means to tackle structural problems inherent in the relation between consumer and producer. The notion of an ethically aware food citizen is on the other hand capable of handling these problems head on. Hence, a realistic food ethics has to operate with an integrative view of consumption and citizenship.

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The ethics of consumption

The citizen, the market, and the law

E-Book ISBN:: 9789086867844

Publisher:: Wageningen Academic

Print Publication Date:: 01 Nov 2013

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