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Background Sources
The Oxford Handbook of Food Ethics
This Handbook provides a sample of recent philosophical work in food ethics. This philosophical work addresses ethical issues with agricultural production, the structure of the global food system, the ethics of personal food consumption, the ethics of food policy, and cultural understandings of food and eating, among other issues.
International Encyclopedia of Ethics
his 9-volume reference work, presented in A-Z format: • Comprises over 700 entries, ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 words in length, written by an international cast of subject experts • Provides clear definitions and explanations of all areas of ethics including the topics, movements, arguments, and key figures in normative ethics, metaethics, and practical ethics • Covers the major philosophical, legal and religious traditions.
"Food and Ethical Consumption," in The Oxford Handbook of Food History
he article first discusses vegetarianism and veganism before turning to animal welfare, local consumption, organic foods, food products that are free of genetically modified organisms, food miles and sustainable/green products, boycotts and cause-related marketing, fair trade, and overconsumption and freeganism.
The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Animal Ethics
The ethical treatment of non-human animals is an increasingly significant issue, directly affecting how people share the planet with other creatures and visualize themselves within the natural world. The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Animal Ethics looks specifically at the role religion plays in the formation of ethics around these concerns.