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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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The impossibility of an ethical consumer

J. Karlsson

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

Pages: 183-188

DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_29

Full citation:

Karlsson J. (2013) „The impossibility of an ethical consumer“, In: H. Röcklinsberg & P. Sandin (eds.), The ethics of consumption, Wageningen, Wageningen Academic Publishers, 183–188.