Food Ethics

明日の報告のための準備(Utility & Democracy)。。。なかなか終らない。。。

内容も結論もほぼ分かっているが、細かいところが信条の著者(P. Schofield)。やはりある程度はフォローしないといけない。。。

ところで先日のO氏博士学位取得お祝い&K氏の壮行会で、(別の)K氏からfood ethicsという分野があることを教えてもらう。

ググると確かにいろいろ出てくる。面白そうなシンポとしては、以下のシンガーらのものがあった。

昨年の11月16-17日にプリンストンで開かれたもの。

Food, Ethics and the Environment

Session I: “Moving Beyond Fast Food Nation”
Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University, and co-author, with Jim Mason, of The Way We Eat, Why Our Food Choices Matter.
"Food as an Ethical Issue"
Eric Schlosser ’81, Journalist and author of Fast Food Nation.
"The True Cost of Cheapness"

Opening Remarks - Peter Singer
Session II: Eating Well and Eating Locally
Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University and author of Food Politics, Safe Food, and What to Eat.
"Environmental Determinants of Food Choice: The Ethics of Food Marketing."
Gary Nabhan, Director of the Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University and author of Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods.
"Ethics, energetics and diversity-enhancing benefits of eating locally"

Session III: Concerns for Oceans, Climate and Animal Welfare
Becky Goldburg ’80, Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense.
"One Fish, Two Fish, Will There be More Fish?"
Gidon Eshel, Assistant Professor of Physical Oceanography and Climate, Department of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago and co-author, with Pam Martin, of “Diet, Energy and Global Warming” (Earth Interactions, Vol. 10, pp. 1-17, March 2006).
Paul Shapiro, Director, Factory Farming Campaign, Humane Society (U.S.).
"Farm Animal Welfare Concerns and Progress in the United States".

Session IV: The Omnivore's Choices and the Corporation's Responsibilities
Michael Pollan, Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley, and author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World.
"The Omnivore's Dilemma: Ethics and Other Considerations"
Bob Langert, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship, McDonald’s Corporation.
" 'Fork to Farm' Responsibilities: A Perspective from the Golden Arches & Beyond"

Session V: Eating More Ethically at Princeton
John Turenne, President and founder, Sustainable Food Systems, LLC.
"A Sustainable Food Program? Great, But What Will it Cost?"
Stu Orefice, Director, Princeton University Dining Services.
"What is on Our Plate at Princeton?"

Panel: John Turenne and Stu Orefice joined by
Bill Andersen ’81, President, Longview Development Company, founding member of the Phoenixville Farmers' Market and Charlestown Farm Center.
Katy Andersen ’08, Greening Princeton.
Anim Steel, Associate Director, the Food Project, Lincoln MA.
Nathan Gregory, Graduate student, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.