EurSafe2024 Proceedings : Back to the Future - Sustainable Innovations for Ethical Food Production and Consumption / Franck Meijboom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meijboom, Franck, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Brill Academic Publishers, 2024.

Summary:

Animal ethics is a big part of food ethics. However, given the growing demand for animal food products in developing countries, ethical theorizing focuses on Western practices might lack cultural sensitivity or fail to address diverse ethical perspectives. The outbreaks of zoonotic disease and drastic loss in biodiversity in the last decades creates the need for more diverse food practices in both the Global North and South. Against this backdrop, this paper applies classic Eurocentric ethical theorizing on moral individualism and holism at the intersections of animals and the ecosystem to see in what ways they canbe translated to the case of China's wild animal farming. It aims to show that the main philosophical dilemma presented in the Western context also applies to the Chinese context. However, ethical concepts that attempt to address this dilemma face difficulties in their applicability to non-Western practices. Therefore, we argue while theories of value might be universal, resolving conflicting values is culturally dependent.

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ISBN:

90-04-71550-9