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020 $a9781111772307
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050 00 $aTX357$b.F639 2012
082 04 $a178$223
245 00 $aFood ethics /$cPaul Pojman.
260 $aBoston, MA :$bWadsworth Cengage Learning,$c[2011], ©2012.
300 $avi, 199 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"The essays in this anthology are, with the exception of the introductory essay, derived from a larger anthology, Environmental ethics, 6th edition (Wadsworth, 2011), the first four editions of which were edited by Louis Pojman"--Page vi.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 00 $gIntroduction /$rDavid Kaplan --$gAnimal rights:$tRational beings alone have moral worth /$rImmanuel Kant --$tThe green Kant : Kant's treatment of animals /$rHolly L. Wilson --$tA utilitarian defense of animal liberation /$rPeter Singer --$tThe radical egalitarian case for animal rights /$rTom Regan --$tA critique of Regan's animal rights theory /$rMary Anne Warren --$gPopulation and consumption:$tA special moment in history : the challenge of overpopulation and overconsumption /$rBill McKibben --$tThe tragedy of the commons /$rGarrett Hardin --$tThe unjust war against population /$rJacqueline Kasun --$tLifeboat ethics /$rGarrett Hardin --$tPopulation and food : a critique of lifeboat ethics /$rWilliam W. Murdoch, Allan Oaten --$gPollution : soil air water:$tYou are what you breathe /$rHilary French --$tWe all live in Bhopal /$rGeorge Bradford --$tPeople or penguins : the case for optimal pollution /$rWilliam F. Baxter --$tIs silent spring behind us? /$rDavid Pimentel --$gFood ethics:$tHunger, duty, and ecology : on what we owe starving humans /$rMylan Engel, Jr. --$tThe world food supply : the damage done by cattle-raising /$rTristram Coffin --$tVegetarianism and threading lightly on the earth /$rMichael Allen Fox --$tCan Frankenfood save the planet? /$rJonathan Rauch --$tThe unholy alliance /$rMae-Wan Ho --$tThe ETC report : the poor can feed themselves.
520 $aNow, perhaps more than ever before, we are aware of the ethical choices we make each time we eat. This anthology explores issues such as genetically modified foods, animal rights, population and consumption, pollution, centralized versus local production, vegetarianism and more. The twenty one readings that make up this volume bring together a diverse group of voices. Introductions and study questions help you to prepare for reflection and discussion on these significant and noteworthy issues
650 0 $aFood$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aGenetically modified foods$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aEnvironmental ethics.
650 0 $aAnimal rights.
700 1 $aPojman, Paul,$eeditor of compilation.
730 0 $aEnvironmental ethics.$iAbridgment of (work):
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1301/2010940887-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1301/2010940887-t.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1303/2010940887-b.html