0. Matthew C. Halteman, Terence Cuneo, Andrew Chignell, "Introduction". I. Dietary Ideals. 1. Terence Cuneo, "Conscientious Omnivorism". 2. Christina Van Dyke, "Manly Meat and Gendered Eating: Correcting Imbalance and Seeking Virtue". 3. Benjamin J. Bruxvoort Lipscomb, "’Eat Responsibly:’ Agrarianism and Meat". 4. Tristram McPherson, "Why I Am a Vegan (and You Should Be One Too)". 5. Dan Hooley and Nathan Nobis, "A Moral Argument for Veganism". 6. Tyler Doggett and Andy Egan, "Non-Ideal Food Choices". 7. Matthew C. Halteman and Megan Halteman Zwart, "Philosophy as Therapy for Recovering (Unrestrained) Omnivores". II. Puzzling Questions. 8. Ted A.Warfield, "Eating Dead Animals: Meat Eating, Meat Purchasing, and Proving Too Much". 9. Mark Budolfson, "Consumer Ethics, Harm Footprints, and the Empirical Dimensions of Food Choices". 10. Andrew Chignell, "Can We Really Vote with Our Forks? Opportunism and the Threshold Chicken". 11. Adrienne M. Martin, "Factory Farming and Consumer Complicity". 12. Elizabeth Harman, "Eating Meat as a Morally Permissible Moral Mistake". 13. Anne Barnhill, "Does Locavorism Keep It Too Simple?". 14. David M. Kaplan, "What’s Wrong with Artificial Ingredients?". 15. Jeff McMahan, "The Moral Problem of Predation"
Andrew Chignell is Associate Professor at Cornell University. His research focuses on Kant and other early modern philosophers. Topically he has worked on epistemology, aesthetics, and philosophy of religion. He is the co-instructor of "The Ethics of Eating" Massive Online Open Course on Edx.org and a contributor to the Oxford Handbook of Food Ethics.
Terence Cuneo is the Marsh Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at the University of Vermont. He is the author of The Normative Web (2007), Speech and Morality (2014), and Ritualized Faith (2016).
Matthew C. Halteman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College and a fellow in the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. He is the author of Compassionate Eating as Care of Creation (2008).
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Jamieson, New York University"Whether your food choices are void of
ethical meaning to you or you consider yourself an eminently
ethical eater, Philosophy Comes to Dinner offers serious food for
thought. If you’re hungry to challenge your own ethical notions
about food, check this book out."Paul Shapiro, The Humane Society
of the United States"A really brilliant collection. I've never seen
such rational jujitsu on such a deadly subject. Bound to become a
classic of practical philosophy."Andrew Linzey, director of the
Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and author of Animal Theology"It is
difficult to stress how much we need this gem of a book. Concerned
consumers have been discussing food reform for decades. An entire
social movement has even formed around the issue. But—somewhat
astonishingly—we have yet to think systematically about the ethical
implications of our proposals. Philosophy Comes to Dinner changes
that. In a culinary world marked by simplistic and polarized
extremes—organic versus conventional, free trade versus fair trade,
local versus global food, vegan versus "conscientious carnivore,"
and so on— it asks us (very politely, no less) to exchange ideology
for reflection and systematically explore why we’re making the food
choices we make. You may not walk away with all the answers--that
would be very dull-- but you will never look at the contemporary
food issues the same way again."James McWilliams, author of The
Modern Savage and Just Food"In recent years, I’ve seen an explosion
of student and public interest in the politics and ethics of food.
It’s great to have philosophers contributing to this discussion,
and this book explains why."Marion Nestle, New York University,
USA, and author of Food Politics"The book as a whole is accessible
to non-philosophical audiences and would be a fertile resource for
people inside or outside philosophy looking to get up to speed on
the current state of the food ethics debate. I enthusiastically
recommend you pull up a chair to the philosophy dinner table and
enjoy the conversation."Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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