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The Ethics of Eating
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- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on April 14, 2015
Course details
Syllabus
- Describe the central features of the Industrial Food System ("IFS")
- Understand four major frameworks in the western tradition of philosophical ethics
- Engage in ethical reflection about how food is produced, distributed, marketed, and consumed in the IFS and alternative systems.
- Describe and evaluate the main ways in which industry experts, "alternative food" advocates, scientists, philosphers, nutritionists, and activists are responding to the various challenges raised by the IFS.
Prerequisite
Instructors
- Andrew Chignell
- William Starr
- Adam Bendorf
- Kimberly Brewer
- Monica Burnett
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