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Food Ethics: Traceability In The Restaurant, Jake Monaghan
Food Ethics: Traceability In The Restaurant, Jake Monaghan
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Food Ethics: Traceability in the Restaurant
Jake Monaghan Sponsor: William Krieger, Philosophy
In this paper I use my work experience in restaurant kitchens to identify and address a gap in the food ethics literature. Much of the work being done in food ethics focuses on the producers or the end consumers. Philosophers, however, have mostly overlooked a substantial part of the food system: restaurants. Due to the high volume nature of the work in restaurants, and their influence over eating trends, their nature leads to certain ethical commitments. I argue that restaurant owners and workers are in a unique position …