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The ethics of consumption

the citizen, the market and the law

edited byHelena RöcklinsbergPer Sandin

Abstract

We are all consumers. What we consume, how, and how much, has consequences of great moral importance for humans, animals, and the environment. Great challenges lie ahead as we are facing population growth and climate change and reduced availability of fossil fuels. It is often argued that key to meeting those challenges is changing consumption patterns among individual as well as institutions, for instance through reducing meat consumption, switching to organic or fair trade products, boycotting or 'buycotting' certain products, or consuming less overall. There is considerable disagreement regarding how to bring this about, whose responsibility it is, and even whether it is desirable. Is it a question of political initiatives, producer responsibility, the virtues and vices of individual consumers in the developed world, or something else? Many of these issues pose profound intellectual challenges at the intersection of ethics, political philosophy, economics, and several other fields. This publication brings together contributions from scholars in numerous disciplines, including philosophy, law, economics, sociology and animal welfare, who explore the theme of 'the ethics of consumption' from different angles.

Details | Table of Contents

Economization of animals

the case of marketization of halal foods

M. Miele

pp.21-24

https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_1
Placing and scaling ethical choices

ethical consumption and ethical public procurement

D. Kleine

pp.29-31

https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_3
Food for good

social movement organizations making sustainable markets for "good food"

G. Kallio

pp.46-50

https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_6
Who owns hazard?

the role of ownership in the GM social experiment

Z. Robaey

pp.51-53

https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_7
Crop protection in horticulture

how to rescue growers from punishment for shortfall of control agents?

J. S. BuurmaV. Beekman

pp.89-93

https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_14
"Oil versus fish" in northern Norway

perspectives of the market, the law, and the citizen

A. Blanchard

pp.94-99

https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_15
Animal welfare labelling

is the market the right governance structure to meet people's moral concerns?

F. Pirscher

pp.120-125

https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_19
Ethics and consumerism

legal promotion of ethical consumption?

F. Dias Simões

pp.141-146

https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_22
The choice that disappeared

on the complexity of being a political consumer

M. GjerrisH. Saxe

pp.154-159

https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_24
The consumer does not exist

overcoming the citizen/consumer paradox by shifting focus

S. Aerts

pp.172-176

https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_27
Getting the message across

the importance of information in fair trade marketing

R. SchleenbeckerU. Hamm

pp.189-194

https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_30
Closer to nature

the ethics of "green" representations in animal product marketing

S. BorkfeltS. KondrupM. Gjerris

pp.195-200

https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_31
Comfort, health and production

portuguese dairy farmers talk about animal welfare

S. SilvaJ. Borlido Santos

pp.209-214

https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_33
Gnawing doubt

eating animals and the promise of cultured meat

L. Ursin

pp.225-229

https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_36
In awe of fish?

exploring animal ethics for non-cuddly species

C. P. G. Driessen

pp.251-256

https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_40

Publication details

Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers

Place: Wageningen

Year: 2013

Pages: 267

DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4

ISBN (digital): 978-90-8686-784-4

Full citation:

Röcklinsberg Helena, Sandin Per (2013) The ethics of consumption: the citizen, the market and the law. Wageningen, Wageningen Academic Publishers.