Healthy eating policy and political philosophy : a public reason approach / Anne Barnhill, Matteo Bonotti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnhill, Anne, author.

Bonotti, Matteo, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nutrition policy.

Health.

Diet.

Nutrition.

Food supply--Government policy.

Food supply.

Food supply--Philosophy.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Nutrition Policy.

Diet, Healthy.

Medical Subjects:

Nutrition Policy.

Diet, Healthy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 251 pages)

Other Title:

Public reason approach

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Who gets to decide what it means to live a healthy lifestyle, and how important a healthy lifestyle is to a good life? As more governments make preventing obesity and diet-related illness a priority, it's become more important to consider the ethics and acceptability of their efforts. When it comes to laws and policies that promote healthy eating - such as special taxes on sugary drinks and the banning of food deemed unhealthy - critics argue that these policies are paternalistic, and that they limit individual autonomy over food choices. In 'Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy' Anne Barnhill and Matteo Bonotti show that both paternalistic justifications for healthy eating efforts and anti-paternalistic arguments against them can be grounded in perfectionist views that overly prioritize some values over others.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Barnhill, Anne Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy

ISBN:

0-19-093789-0

0-19-093791-2

0-19-093790-4