The Ethics of Food A Reader for the Twenty-First Century

by Pence, Gregory E.; Bailey, Ronald; Berry, Wendell; Borlaug, Norman; K. Fisher, M F.; Fox, Nichols; International, Greenpeace; Hardin, Garrett; Ho, Mae-Wan; Lappe, Marc; Bailey, Britt; Maxted-Frost, Tanya; Miller, Henry I.; Norberg-Hodge, Helen; Patton, St

• ISBN13: 9780742513341
• ISBN10: 0742513343
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-22
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

In The Ethics of Food, Gregory E. Pence brings together a collection of voices who share the view that the ethics of genetically modified food is among the most pressing societal questions of our time. This comprehensive collection addresses a broad range of subjects, including the meaning of food, moral analyses of vegetarianism and starvation, the safety and environmental risks of genetically modified food, issues of global food politics and the food industry, and the relationships among food, evolution, and human history.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Meaning and Ethics of Food	vii
Gregory E. Pence
Part I: The Meaning of Food
A Thing Shared	1	(4)
M. F. K. Fisher
How We Grow Food Reflects Our Virtues and Vices	5	(21)
Wendell Berry
Part II: Eating Meat
Animal Liberation and Vegetarianism	26	(25)
Peter Singer
Meat Is Good for You	51	(3)
Stuart Patton
Part III: Starvation
Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor	54	(20)
Garrett Hardin
Golden Rice Is Fool's Gold
Greenpeace International	71	(3)
Are We Going Mad?	74	(6)
Norman Borlaug
Part IV: Safety of Genetically Modified Foods
The Unholy Alliance	80	(16)
Mae-Wan Ho
The FDA's Volte-Face on Food Biotech	96	(4)
Henry I. Miller
Dr. Strangelunch: Why We Should Learn to Love Genetically Modified Food	100	(16)
Ronald Bailey
Part V: Benefits/Dangers of Organic Food
Organic or Genetically Modified Food: Which Is Better?	116	(7)
Gregory E. Pence
The Benefits of Organic Food	123	(7)
Tanya Maxted-Frost
Part VI: Genetically Modified Food and Environmental Risks
Genetic Engineering and Food Security	130	(18)
Vandana Shiva
GM Food Is the Best Option We Have	148	(8)
Anthony J. Trewavas
Part VII: Food Biotechnology and Nature
Biotechnology's Negative Impact on World Agriculture	156	(12)
Marc Lappe
Britt Bailey
The Population/Diversity Paradox: Agricultural Efficiency to Save Wilderness	168	(12)
Anthony J. Trewavas
Part VIII: Global Food Politics and Economics
A Removable Feast	180	(11)
C. Ford Runge
Benjamin Senauer
From Global to Local: Sowing the Seeds of Community	191	(24)
Helen Norberg-Hodge
Peter Goering
John Page
Part IX: The Food Industry
The Hamburger Bacteria	215	(66)
Nicols Fox
The United States Food Safety System
U.S. Food and Drug Administration	267	(14)
Index	281	(6)
About the Editor	287