PHIL 348L - The Ethics of Food

3 Credit(s)

Liberal Arts
After first examining a variety of ethical theories put forth in the philosophical tradition, such as utilitarianism, deontology and virtue ethics, students in this course will then explore ethical questions related to the production, distribution and consumption of food. For example, what obligations, if any, do we have to people who are hungry or starving? Is it ethical to consume meat or food products that come from non-human animals? Is it ethical to genetically modify plants and non-human animals? Should genetically modified foods be labeled as such? What moral obligations, if any, do we have to practice certain forms of agriculture, to eat organic or to eat locally?

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 101L
Recommended: PHIL 200L