Food Ethics
In this first decade of the 21st century, more than 854 million people in the world are starving, while industrial nations are debating about obesity, generating energy from food plants, and a myriad of other topics many African and south Asian nations co
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Franz-Theo Gottwald · Hans Werner Ingensiep · Marc Meinhardt Editors
Food Ethics
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Editors Franz-Theo Gottwald Schweisfurth Foundation Suedliches Schlossrondrell 1 80638 München Germany [email protected]
Hans Werner Ingensiep Institute für Philosophy University of Duisburg-Essen Universitätsstr. 12 45117 Essen Germany [email protected]
Marc Meinhardt Institute für Philosophy University of Duisburg-Essen Universitätsstr. 12 45117 Essen Germany [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-5764-1 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-5765-8 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-5765-8 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010921385 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
1 Introduction: Food Ethics in a Globalized World – Reality and Utopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hans Werner Ingensiep and Marc Meinhardt Part I
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Food, Consumers, and Policy
2 The Ethical Matrix as a Tool in Policy Interventions: The Obesity Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Mepham
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3 Ethical Traceability for Improved Transparency in the Food Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian Coff
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GM-Food Production
4 Ethics and Genetically Modified Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Comstock 5 Responsible Agro-Food Biotechnology: Precaution as Public Reflexivity and Ongoing Engagement in the Service of Sustainable Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marian Deblonde 6 Precautionary Approaches to Genetically Modified Organisms and the Need for Biosafety Research . . . . . . . . . . Anne Ingeborg Myhr 7 Biotechnology, Battery Farming and Animal Dignity . . . . . . . Peter Kunzmann
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Part III Food, Globalization, and Water 8 Agricultural Trade and the Human Right to Food: The Case of Small Rice Producers in Ghana, Honduras, and Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Armin Paasch, Frank Garbers, and Thomas Hirsch
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9 Hunger, Poverty, and Climate Change: Institutional Approaches, a New Business Alliance, and Civil Courage to Live Up to Ethical Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franz-Theo Gottwald 10 Food Versus Fuel
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