Food for Thought

Philosophy and Food
1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-415-13382-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 196 g

Looking at the philosophical issues raised by food this short and accessible book questions the place food should have in our individual lives. It shows how traditional philosophy and its classic texts can illuminate an everyday subject.

Zielgruppe

General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Telfer, Elizabeth

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Chapter 1 Feeding the Hungry; Chapter 2 The Pleasures of Food; Chapter 3 Food as Art; Chapter 4 Food Duties; Chapter 5 Hospitableness; Chapter 6 Temperance; Chapter 7 Conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Educated at Somerville College, Oxford, Elizabeth Telfer is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. She is the co-author (with R.S.Downie) of Respect for Persons (1969) and Caring and Curing (1980), and (with R.S.Downie and Eileen M.Loudfoot) of Education and Personal Relationships (1974), and is the author of Happiness (1980).