Food, Ethics, and Society

Anne Barnhill is Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania.Mark Budolfson is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Food Systems at the University of Vermont.Tyler Doggett is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Vermont, where he also serves on the faculty of the food systems PhD program.

• 1. THE ETHICALLY TROUBLING FOOD SYSTEM; 2. GLOBAL HUNGER; 3. FOOD JUSTICE; 4. CONSUMER ETHICS; 5. FOOD AND IDENTITY; 6. FOOD AND RELIGION (CO-WRITTEN WITH MATTHEW C. HALTEMAN); 7. INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL AGRICULTURE; 8. ALTERNATIVES TO INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL AGRICULTURE; 9. INDUSTRIAL PLANT AGRICULTURE; 10. ALTERNATIVES TO INDUSTRIAL PLANT AGRICULTURE; 11. WORKERS; 12. OVERCONSUMPTION AND OBESITY; 13. PATERNALISM AND PUBLIC HEALTH

This would be extremely useful for undergraduate courses in food ethics or contemporary food issues. It would work well in courses on contemporary issues in food systems. The topics are excellent.