24.03 Good Food: The Ethics and Politics of Food Choices, Fall 2012
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Haslanger, Sally
Alternative Title
Good Food: The Ethics and Politics of Food Choices
Date Issued
December 2012
Abstract
This course explores the values (aesthetic, moral, cultural, religious, prudential, political) expressed in the choices of food people eat. It analyzes the decisions individuals make about what to eat, how society should manage food production and consumption collectively, and how reflection on food choices might help resolve conflicts between different values.
Subjects
food
hunger
human welfare
obesity
weight
omnivore
ethics
agriculture
poverty
ecology
locavorism
vegan
vegetarian
speciesism
activism
junk food
gender
animal death
nutrition
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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