Re-evaluating the Alignment of Omnivorous Choice and Animal Farming with Sustainable Development: Insights from Care Ethics
Upamita Mukherjee
upamita.mukherjee@iitg.ac.inIndian Institute of Technology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Guwahati (India)
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4571-7608
Prabhu Venkataraman
Indian Institute of Technology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Guwahati (India)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1080-0792
Abstract
C
Care ethics plays a significant role in the philosophical investigation of sustainable development. This paper is an attempt to comprehend the intricate relationship between care ethics and omnivorism, particularly in the context of economic sustainability, animal farming, and holistic well-being. Care ethics emphasizes empathy, relationships, and responsibility, basically applied to human interactions with other humans, animals, and the environment. Omnivorism denotes the consumption of both animal-based foods and plants. Inspecting all these concepts through the lens of economic sustainability involves considering the impact of consumption choices on agriculture, resources, and environmental costs. Self-care sustainability involves assessing personal choices regarding health, well-being, and the broader ecological system. By examining omnivorism and care ethics in the context of these two sustainability dimensions, this paper finally proposes to provide insights into the complex interplay between moral values, consumption habits, and the long-term well-being of individuals and the planet.
Supporting Agencies
Keywords:
Care Ethics, Omnivorism, Empathy, Holistic Well-being, SustainabilityReferences
ABBATE C., 2019, Save the meat for the cats: Why it is wrong to eat roadkill, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 32(1): 165-182.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-019-09763-6
Google Scholar
BAINES S., POWERS J., BROWN W. J., 2007, How does the health and well-being of young Australian vegetarian and semi-vegetarian women compare with non-vegetarians?, Public Health Nutrition, 10 (5): 436-442.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980007217938
Google Scholar
CHAMANARA S., GOLDSTEIN B., NEWALL J P., 2021, Where’s the beef? Costco’s meat supply chain and environ-mental justice in California, J. Clean. Product, 278(3): 123744.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123744
Google Scholar
COFNAS N., 2019, Is vegetarianism healthy for children?, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 59 (13): 2052-2060.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2018.1437024
Google Scholar
CRAIG W. J., 2010, Nutrition concerns and health effects of vegetarian diets, Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 25(6): 613-620.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0884533610385707
Google Scholar
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING, 2023, Animal husbandry statistics INDIA, https://dahd.nic.in/schemes/programmes/animal-husbandry-statistics (6.07.2023).
Google Scholar
DOBRESEK U., WY G., ADKINS J., ALTMEYER S., KROUT K., CARL J., ARCHER E., 2021, Meat and Mental Health: a systematic review of meat abstention and depression, anxiety, and related phenomena, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 61(4): 622-635.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2020.1741505
Google Scholar
ERNSTOFF A., TU Q., FAIST M., DEL DUCE A., MANDELBAUM S., DETTLING J., 2019, Comparing the envi-ronmental impacts of meatless and meat-containing meals in the United States, Sustainability, 11(22): 6235.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su11226235
Google Scholar
FISCHER B., 2016, Bugging the strict vegan, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 29 (2): 255-263.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-015-9599-y
Google Scholar
GILLIGAN C., 1982, In a Different Voice, Harvard University Press.
Google Scholar
GONZALES J., 2019, As pesticide approvals soar, Brazil’s tapirs, bees, and other wildlife suffer, Mongabay, https://news.mongabay.com/2019/12/as-pesticide-approvals-soar-brazils-tapirs-bees-other-wildlifesuffer/ (06.11.2022).
Google Scholar
GULLONE E., 2017, Why Eating Animals Is Not Good for Us, Journal of Animal Ethics, 7(1): 31-62.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5406/janimalethics.7.1.0031
Google Scholar
HIBBELN J. R., NORTHSTONE K., EVANS J., GOLDING J., 2018, Vegetarian diets and depressive symptoms among men, Journal of Affective Disorders, 225(1): 13-17.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.07.051
Google Scholar
HAMILTON C., 2010, Requiem for a species, Earthscan, New York.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781849774970
Google Scholar
HERRING J., 2019, Ethics of Care and the Public Good of Abortion, University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal, 1: 1-24.
Google Scholar
IGUACEL I., MIGUEL-BERGES M L., GOMEZ-BRUTON A., MORENO L. A., JULIAN C., 2019, Veganism, vege-tarianism, bone mineral density, and fracture risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Nutrition Reviews, 77 (1): 1-18.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuy045
Google Scholar
KASSER T., RYAN R. M., COUCHMAN C E., SHELDON K. M., 2004, Materialistic values: their causes and conse-quences, Psychology and consumer culture: The struggle for a good life in a materialistic world, American Psychological Association, Washington DC: 11-28.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/10658-002
Google Scholar
LEROY F., SMITH N., ADESOGAN A T., BEAL T., IANNOTTI L., MOUGHAN P. J., MANN N., 2023, The role of meat in the human diet: evolutionary aspects and nutritional value, Animal Frontiers, 13(2): 11-18.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/af/vfac093
Google Scholar
PARK S., 2017, Vegetarianism vs. Moral Omnivorism, Human Affairs, 27 (3): 289-300.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2017-0024
Google Scholar
ROSENFELD D. L., 2018, The psychology of vegetarianism: Recent advances and future directions, Appetite, 131(1): 125-138.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2018.09.011
Google Scholar
TRONTO J., 1993, Moral Boundaries, Routledge, New York.
Google Scholar
UNITED NATIONS, 2017, The sustainable development goals report 2017, https://doi.org/10.29171/azu_acku_pamphlet_k3240_s878_2016/.
Google Scholar
Authors
Upamita Mukherjeeupamita.mukherjee@iitg.ac.in
Indian Institute of Technology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Guwahati India
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4571-7608
Authors
Prabhu VenkataramanIndian Institute of Technology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Guwahati India
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1080-0792
Statistics
Abstract views: 162PDF downloads: 351