Before Dinner: Philosophy and Ethics of Food

by Michiel Korthals and M. Korthals

Book Overview

This book is an extensive, original and systematic treatment of many important philosophical and ethical aspects of food (consumption and production). May we eat just anything? Can we do everything with animals, even genetic modification? If not, how can we regulate those processes so that they lead to optimum animal welfare while at the same time producing optimum taste? The production of food also causes environmental pollution - does the fight...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048167639
• ISBN13: 9789048167630
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"