(Research in Applied Ethics)
by Shane Epting (Author)
This book offers an original perspective on food supply chains. It argues that the ability to trade food on a global scale could be intrinsically good aside from any instrumental value that people gain from it.
While
the author’s argument seems to counter wholesale anti-agribusiness
views, it is consistent with the larger goals of food-justice movements.
The author examines the structures of food supply chains, revealing the
kinds of harm they help produce. They include slavery, abusive labor,
geopolitical exploitation, ecological degradation, and public health
impacts. Although the book argues that food supply chains can be
collectively beneficial, eliminating their immoral features must hold
steady as a continuous enterprise. Securing this outcome means that we
go beyond critique. The final chapter advocates for the sustainable food
label to address issues of food justice and food sovereignty.
The Ethics of Agribusiness will interest researchers and advanced students working in food ethics, environmental ethics, and agricultural ethics.
