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Food Justice

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Ethical Conceptions Regarding Food; Ethics and Food; Fair Distribution of Food; Moral Accounts of Food

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Food justice is the idea commonly associated with the ethical framework under which access, distribution, and participation on issues regarding food are discussed. However, to provide a single and clear definition of food justice would be as difficult and as challenging as any other ethical endeavor that deals with the concept of justice. This entry focuses on providing the different angles under which food justice can be understood or defined and the possible challenges that such attempts could face. The issue of food justice opens the door to a series of questions that will inform any kind of definition that the reader may have. Do we have a right to food? If we do, who is responsible to satisfy that right? Should the actors involved in food issues be regarded as subjects of charity? Is food a domestic issue or an issue that concerns the international...

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  1. Philosophy Department, School of Humanities, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Jorge H. Sanchez-Perez

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  1. Michigan State University Dept. Philosophy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

    Paul B. Thompson

  2. University of North Texas Dept. Philosophy & Religion Studies, Denton, Texas, USA

    David M. Kaplan

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Sanchez-Perez, J.H. (2018). Food Justice. In: Thompson, P., Kaplan, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6167-4_531-1

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6167-4_531-2

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6167-4_531-1

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