The Virtues of the Table: How to Eat and Think - Julian Baggini
The Virtues of the Table: How to Eat and Think - Julian Baggini How we eat, farm and shop for food is not only a matter of taste. Thinking seriously about food requires us to consider our…
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The Virtues of the Table: How to Eat and Think - Julian Baggini
How we eat, farm and shop for food is not only a matter of taste. Thinking seriously about food requires us to consider our relationship to nature, to our fellow animals, to each other and to ourselves. Our choices regarding what we eat involve every essential aspect of our human nature: the animal, the sensuous, the social, the cultural, the creative, the emotional and the intellectual.
What can fasting teach us about autonomy? So can thinking about food teach us about being virtuous, and can what we eat help us to decide how to live?From the author of The Ego Trickand The Pig that Wants to be Eatencomes a thought-provoking exploration of our values and vices. Should we, like Kant, 'dare to know' cheese?
Should we take media advice on salt with a pinch of salt? And can food be more virtuous, more inherently good, than