The ethics of consuming: community, agency, and participation in global food systems

D. Beck; M. Ivanovic; S. Noll; I. Werkheiser

The ethics of consuming: community, agency, and participation in global food systems

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D. Beck

D. Beck Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA; beckdan2@msu.edu

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M. Ivanovic Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA; beckdan2@msu.edu

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S. Noll Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA; beckdan2@msu.edu

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I. Werkheiser

I. Werkheiser Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA; beckdan2@msu.edu

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Pages:: 437–447

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086867844_072

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It is easy enough to think about preparing food, growing food, and eating food as straight-forward affairs, or mere biological necessities. However, these processes are wrapped up in social relations, personal identities, and political power. Broadly critical frameworks can help pull apart the varying dimensions in this complex and dynamic relationship in order to provide guidance for reforming our relationship to the food we consume in a more democratic and participatory direction. To that end, we explore the normative implications of the current organization of the world food system from multiple perspectives in critical theory, the philosophy of science, and political philosophy. We offer ethical and political analyses at the levels of community activism, national food policy, and global consumerist capitalism to show how an approach that sees these multiple levels as interactive can provide concrete reasons for supporting certain effective solutions.

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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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