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Paul Pojman (ed): Food ethics, Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Boston, Massachusetts, 2012, 199pp, ISBN 9781111772307 David Kaplan (ed): The philosophy of food, University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 2012, 320pp, ISBN 9780520269330

Paul Pojman (ed): Food ethics, Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Boston, Massachusetts, 2012, 199pp,... Agric Hum Values (2013) 30:657–658 DOI 10.1007/s10460-013-9468-0 Paul Pojman (ed): Food ethics, Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Boston, Massachusetts, 2012, 199 pp, ISBN 9781111772307 David Kaplan (ed): The philosophy of food, University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 2012, 320 pp, ISBN 9780520269330 Daniel Hicks Accepted: 5 September 2013 / Published online: 20 November 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 Both of the books reviewed here are anthologies edited by are divided into five chapters. The first chapter is a very philosophers, intended for use in undergraduate ‘‘ethics of brief introduction by David Kaplan (the editor of the other eating’’ classes taught under the auspices of philosophy anthology reviewed here). Chapter Two is titled ‘‘Animal departments; I review them as a teacher of such a class. Rights,’’ though its scope is slightly larger than strictly The Pojman anthology is rather outdated, and not recom- rights-based views of animals—it includes a contribution mended. The Kaplan anthology, by contrast, would be a by Peter Singer, who presents a utilitarian view. Chapter valuable starting point or addition to such a class, though it Three is ‘‘Population and Consumption,’’ dealing with the could not carry the class on its own. question of how ‘‘we’’ will ‘‘feed http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agriculture and Human Values Springer Journals

Paul Pojman (ed): Food ethics, Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Boston, Massachusetts, 2012, 199pp, ISBN 9781111772307 David Kaplan (ed): The philosophy of food, University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 2012, 320pp, ISBN 9780520269330

Hicks, Daniel
Agriculture and Human Values , Volume 30 (4) – Nov 20, 2013
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Philosophy; Ethics; Agricultural Economics; Veterinary Medicine; History; Evolutionary Biology
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Agric Hum Values (2013) 30:657–658 DOI 10.1007/s10460-013-9468-0 Paul Pojman (ed): Food ethics, Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Boston, Massachusetts, 2012, 199 pp, ISBN 9781111772307 David Kaplan (ed): The philosophy of food, University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 2012, 320 pp, ISBN 9780520269330 Daniel Hicks Accepted: 5 September 2013 / Published online: 20 November 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 Both of the books reviewed here are anthologies edited by are divided into five chapters. The first chapter is a very philosophers, intended for use in undergraduate ‘‘ethics of brief introduction by David Kaplan (the editor of the other eating’’ classes taught under the auspices of philosophy anthology reviewed here). Chapter Two is titled ‘‘Animal departments; I review them as a teacher of such a class. Rights,’’ though its scope is slightly larger than strictly The Pojman anthology is rather outdated, and not recom- rights-based views of animals—it includes a contribution mended. The Kaplan anthology, by contrast, would be a by Peter Singer, who presents a utilitarian view. Chapter valuable starting point or addition to such a class, though it Three is ‘‘Population and Consumption,’’ dealing with the could not carry the class on its own. question of how ‘‘we’’ will ‘‘feed

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