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Food Choices, Morality, and the Role of Environmental Ethics
Christos A. Tsekos, Tonia Vassilakou
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5313/2022.03.005
University of West Attica, Athens, Greece; University of Athens, Athens, Greece
In the present article we analyze the ethical dimensions of the issue of human nutrition. Three axes which relate our human diet and food to the moral philosophy, namely the killing of living organisms, overpopulation, and genetically modified products respectively, will be analyzed. Finally, we will refer to the philosophy of Deep Ecology and the possible answers it gives to the moral dilemmas we face.
human nutrition, moral philosophy, food, environmental ethics
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