The Ethics of What We Eat by Jim Mason - ISBN: 9781921145872
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Your plate has a story. What is it saying about you?

The Ethics of What We Eat

  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    29 October 2007

Summary

Meet three different families with three different lifestyles.

The Hillard-Nierstheimer family exemplifies the standard meat-and-potatoes diet: they shop at the local supermarket, occasionally eat fast food, and enjoy their meat, Coke and beer. The Masarech-Motavalli family is concerned about its health and generally buys fresh, locally grown vegetables. They call themselves ‘caring carnivores’—they’ll only eat meat from animals raised to humane standards. The Farb family is vegan: no…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781921145872
ISBN-10:1921145870
Author:Jim Mason, Peter Singer
Publisher:Text Publishing
Imprint:The Text Publishing Company
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:29 October 2007
Weight:256g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm
About The Author

Jim Mason

Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He went to Princeton in 1999 after spending most of his life in Australia. Author or editor of over 25 books on ethics, Singer is best known for Animal Liberation, widely credited with starting the animal rights movement. The New Yorker has said: ‘Peter Singer may be the most controversial philosopher alive; he is certainly among the most influential.’

Jim Mason grew up on a farm in Missouri—the fifth generation in a family of farmers. He is an author, lecturer, journalist, environmentalist and lawyer who specialises in human/animal concerns. He is best known for his book Animal Factories, also written with Peter Singer.

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