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The ethics of food : a reader for the twenty-first century / edited by Gregory E. Pence.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: xi, 287 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0742513343
  • 9780742513341
  • 0742513335
  • 9780742513334
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.192
LOC classification:
  • TP248.65.F66 E86 2002
Contents:
Introduction: The Meaning and Ethics of Food / Gregory E. Pence -- Pt. I. The Meaning of Food. Ch. 1. A Thing Shared / M. F. K. Fisher. Ch. 2. How We Grow Food Reflects Our Virtues and Vices / Wendell Berry -- Pt. II. Eating Meat. Ch. 3. Animal Liberation and Vegetarianism / Peter Singer. Ch. 4. Meat Is Good for You / Stuart Patton -- Pt. III. Starvation. Ch. 5. Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor / Garrett Hardin. Ch. 6. Golden Rice Is Fool's Gold / Greenpeace International. Ch. 7. Are We Going Mad? / Norman Borlaug -- Pt. IV. Safety of Genetically Modified Foods. Ch. 8. The Unholy Alliance / Mae-Wan Ho. Ch. 9. The FDA's Volte-Face on Food Biotech / Henry I. Miller. Ch. 10. Dr. Strangelunch: Why We Should Learn to Love Genetically Modified Food / Ronald Bailey -- Pt. V. Benefits/Dangers of Organic Food. Ch. 11. Organic of Genetically Modified Food: Which Is Better? / Gregory E. Pence. Ch. 12. The Benefits of Organic Food / Tanya Maxted-Frost -- Pt. VI. Genetically Modified Food and Environmental Risks. Ch. 13. Genetic Engineering and Food Security / Vandana Shiva. Ch. 14. GM Food Is the Best Option We Have / Anthony J. Trewavas -- Pt. VII. Food Biotechnology and Nature. Ch. 15. Biotechnology's Negative Impact on World Agriculture / Marc Lappe and Britt Bailey. Ch. 16. The Population/Diversity Paradox: Agricultural Efficiency to Save Wilderness / Anthony J. Trewavas -- Pt. VIII. Global Food Politics and Economics. Ch. 17. A Removable Feast / C. Ford Runge and Benjamin Senauer. Ch. 18. From Global to Local: Sowing the Seeds of Community / Helen Norberg-Hodge, Peter Goering and John Page -- Pt. IX. The Food Industry. Ch. 19. The Hamburger Bacteria / Nicols Fox. Ch. 20. The United States Food Safety System / U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The Meaning and Ethics of Food / Gregory E. Pence -- Pt. I. The Meaning of Food. Ch. 1. A Thing Shared / M. F. K. Fisher. Ch. 2. How We Grow Food Reflects Our Virtues and Vices / Wendell Berry -- Pt. II. Eating Meat. Ch. 3. Animal Liberation and Vegetarianism / Peter Singer. Ch. 4. Meat Is Good for You / Stuart Patton -- Pt. III. Starvation. Ch. 5. Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor / Garrett Hardin. Ch. 6. Golden Rice Is Fool's Gold / Greenpeace International. Ch. 7. Are We Going Mad? / Norman Borlaug -- Pt. IV. Safety of Genetically Modified Foods. Ch. 8. The Unholy Alliance / Mae-Wan Ho. Ch. 9. The FDA's Volte-Face on Food Biotech / Henry I. Miller. Ch. 10. Dr. Strangelunch: Why We Should Learn to Love Genetically Modified Food / Ronald Bailey -- Pt. V. Benefits/Dangers of Organic Food. Ch. 11. Organic of Genetically Modified Food: Which Is Better? / Gregory E. Pence. Ch. 12. The Benefits of Organic Food / Tanya Maxted-Frost -- Pt. VI. Genetically Modified Food and Environmental Risks. Ch. 13. Genetic Engineering and Food Security / Vandana Shiva. Ch. 14. GM Food Is the Best Option We Have / Anthony J. Trewavas -- Pt. VII. Food Biotechnology and Nature. Ch. 15. Biotechnology's Negative Impact on World Agriculture / Marc Lappe and Britt Bailey. Ch. 16. The Population/Diversity Paradox: Agricultural Efficiency to Save Wilderness / Anthony J. Trewavas -- Pt. VIII. Global Food Politics and Economics. Ch. 17. A Removable Feast / C. Ford Runge and Benjamin Senauer. Ch. 18. From Global to Local: Sowing the Seeds of Community / Helen Norberg-Hodge, Peter Goering and John Page -- Pt. IX. The Food Industry. Ch. 19. The Hamburger Bacteria / Nicols Fox. Ch. 20. The United States Food Safety System / U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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