Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1007/s41055-023-00134-6
Fabio Bacchini, Elena Bossini
Abstract The consumption of traditional meat is currently being challenged by the rise of meat alternatives claimed to be more beneficial for the environment and non-human animals. One of the peculiarities of these products lies in their attempt to replace meat through the close imitation of its sensory qualities, which poses relevant philosophical questions: What are the purported reasons that motivate this imitation, instead of the promotion of different but sustainable foods that break with the imagery of meat eating? And, if eating meat is considered morally wrong, what is the moral status of the simulation of a wrong act? Our aim is to address these questions to shed new light on the ethical claims that constitute, in fact, one of the major advantages of these products. Firstly, we introduce the aims and functions of simulating meat sensory qualities. Subsequently, we investigate whether the imitation of meat can be found morally acceptable on consequentialist grounds. Lastly, we raise the question of whether there is room for claiming that imitating meat is morally wrong even if its consequences are overall better, from the point of view of non-consequentialist ethical frameworks. We conclude that there are not compelling reasons for considering meat imitation as morally undesirable.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-25DOI: 10.1007/s41055-023-00131-9
Anne Barnhill, Matteo Bonotti
{"title":"Healthy Eating Policy and Public Reason in a Complex World: Normative and Empirical Issues","authors":"Anne Barnhill, Matteo Bonotti","doi":"10.1007/s41055-023-00131-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41055-023-00131-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73041,"journal":{"name":"Food ethics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43540516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-22DOI: 10.1007/s41055-023-00132-8
C. Trappey, A. Trappey, Hsin-Jung Lin, Ai-Che Chang
{"title":"Comparative Analysis of Food Related Sustainable Development Goals in the North Asia Pacific Region","authors":"C. Trappey, A. Trappey, Hsin-Jung Lin, Ai-Che Chang","doi":"10.1007/s41055-023-00132-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41055-023-00132-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73041,"journal":{"name":"Food ethics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44858480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-14DOI: 10.1007/s41055-023-00130-w
Michael Walschots
{"title":"A Philosophy of Recipes: Making, Experiencing, and Valuing. Edited by Andrea Borghini and Patrik Engisch. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2022","authors":"Michael Walschots","doi":"10.1007/s41055-023-00130-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41055-023-00130-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73041,"journal":{"name":"Food ethics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45031754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1007/s41055-023-00128-4
C. Nye, Rebecca Wheeler
{"title":"‘I’ve Got Nothing Against Vegans… But’: To Divulge, Dissemble or Divert Positionality in Rural Research Settings","authors":"C. Nye, Rebecca Wheeler","doi":"10.1007/s41055-023-00128-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41055-023-00128-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73041,"journal":{"name":"Food ethics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42529045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-04DOI: 10.1007/s41055-023-00129-3
Hiroki Koyama, M. Kataoka, Shimpei Okamoto, Tsutomu Sawai
{"title":"Should We Really Eat Human-Pig Chimeras? A Reply to Bobier","authors":"Hiroki Koyama, M. Kataoka, Shimpei Okamoto, Tsutomu Sawai","doi":"10.1007/s41055-023-00129-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41055-023-00129-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73041,"journal":{"name":"Food ethics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43597368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-28DOI: 10.1007/s41055-023-00127-5
Rachael Glassey, B. Swinburn, Raun Makirere Haerewa, P. McKelvie-Sebileau, Brittany Chote, D. Tipene-Leach
{"title":"Mātauranga Māori and Kai in Schools: An Exploration of Traditional Māori Knowledge and Food in Five Primary Schools in Regional New Zealand","authors":"Rachael Glassey, B. Swinburn, Raun Makirere Haerewa, P. McKelvie-Sebileau, Brittany Chote, D. Tipene-Leach","doi":"10.1007/s41055-023-00127-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41055-023-00127-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73041,"journal":{"name":"Food ethics","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"53054222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-27DOI: 10.1007/s41055-023-00126-6
R. Byaruhanga, Ellinor Isgren
{"title":"Rethinking the Alternatives: Food Sovereignty as a Prerequisite for Sustainable Food Security","authors":"R. Byaruhanga, Ellinor Isgren","doi":"10.1007/s41055-023-00126-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41055-023-00126-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73041,"journal":{"name":"Food ethics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49472555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-10DOI: 10.1007/s41055-023-00125-7
Gary David O’Brien
{"title":"On Our Moral Entanglements with Wild Animals","authors":"Gary David O’Brien","doi":"10.1007/s41055-023-00125-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41055-023-00125-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73041,"journal":{"name":"Food ethics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45071788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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