The impossibility of an ethical consumer
(2013) p.183-188- Abstract
- The thesis of this article is that the notion of an ethical food consumer is untenable unless it is coupled with a conception of food citizenship. The main arguments delivered against the notion of ethical food consumption are that consumption does not take the operations of moral psychology into account, nor afford means to tackle structural problems inherent in the relation between consumer and producer. The notion of an ethically aware food citizen is on the other hand capable of handling these problems head on. Hence, a realistic food ethics has to operate with an integrative view of consumption and citizenship.
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- author
- Karlsson, Jerker LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2013
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- food citizen, moral psychology, social cognitive theory, virtues
- host publication
- The ethics of consumption
- editor
- Röcklingsberg, Helen and Sandin, Per
- pages
- 183 - 188
- publisher
- Wageningen Academic Publishers
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84960251929
- ISBN
- 978-90-8686-231-3
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (015017000)
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author = {{Karlsson, Jerker}},
booktitle = {{The ethics of consumption}},
editor = {{Röcklingsberg, Helen and Sandin, Per}},
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language = {{eng}},
pages = {{183--188}},
publisher = {{Wageningen Academic Publishers}},
title = {{The impossibility of an ethical consumer}},
year = {{2013}},
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