Ética del Comer: Reflexiones morales sobre el consumo de carne

Paula Cristina Mira Bohórquez

Authors

Paula Cristina Mira Bohórquez

Keywords:

moral, large-scale actions, consumption, exploitation, virtues, responsibility

Abstract

The article reflects on meat consumption and dairy products in the current industrialized societies of the 21^st century, and evaluates the individual meat consumption habits that support the cruel factory farm industry. In the global food system, all elements are valued just in terms of their economic usefulness and animals are treated as commodities. My aim is to analyze the moral issues of individual actions that contribute to animal exploitation. In order to conduct my analysis, I will follow these steps: 1) Introduction; 2) Definition of carnism; 3) Analysis of large-scale actions; 4) Evaluation of the link between large-scale actions and animal suffering; 5) Considerations about the moral issues of large-scale actions; 6) Analysis of the difference between welfarism and abolitionism; 7) Reflections on the link between meat consumption, large-scale actions, and virtues.

Author Biography

Paula Cristina Mira Bohórquez

Doctora en Filosofía Univeristët Mannheim (Alemania). Instituto de Filosofía Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia)

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