Category Archives: choice

Labour in the Food Industry

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Chris MacDonald

Check out this piece by Stephen Lurie, writing for Vox: You care about where your food comes from. Shouldn’t you care about who grew and picked it? Lurie is arguing that the food you consume embodies a certain set of … Continue reading →

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Ethics of Small Choices

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Chris MacDonald

Yesterday, on my Business Ethics Blog, I published a short blog entry about an ethical dilemma faced by a coffee shop. The dilemma — and disagreement between co-owners — was whether to offer the standard range of sweeteners and whiteners … Continue reading →

Posted in choice, ethics, health, marketing, natural, nutrition, restaurants, values | 5 Comments

Ethics of Eating Meat

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Chris MacDonald

A recent Toronto Star piece on the ethics of eating meat quotes me, briefly, on the topic of lab-grown meat (something I’ve blogged about before). The main point of the article, however, is to make an attempt to marshall a … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, animal rights, animal welfare, choice, health, kids, meat, nutrition | 3 Comments

No Ethical Obligation to Label Pink Slime

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Chris MacDonald

So, unfortunately, we now all know what “pink slime” is. It’s the ‘lean finely textured beef‘ (LFTB) that is produced by mashing and sterilizing scraps of beef. It looks disgusting, and the production process is unappealing. But then the same … Continue reading →

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Nudging College Kids to Eat Less

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Chris MacDonald

How do you get college freshman to avoid that first-term weight-gain known as “the Freshman 25?” What’s the right cafeteria policy? How do you balance making sure every student gets enough to meet his or her needs, without overfeeding them? … Continue reading →

Posted in choice, diets, health, public policy, teens | 1 Comment

The Farmed Salmon Feed Controversy & Consumer Responsibility

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Chris MacDonald

Here’s an interesting video & writeup about the controversy over the production of fishmeal for the feeding of farmed salmon. From The Ecologist: farmed salmon feed controversy. The video & accompanying text focus on Peru, and in particularly on the … Continue reading →

Posted in choice, consumerism, ethics, fisheries, regulation, values | 2 Comments

Food Unites Us, and Tears us Apart

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Chris MacDonald

As my American friends prepare for Thanksgiving, it’s interesting to note the dual cultural tendencies of food to unite us and to divide us. This past Sunday, over at my Business Ethics Blog, I posted what has turned out to … Continue reading →

Posted in choice, ethics, meat, values, vegetarianism | 1 Comment

Food Eco Labels vs Legislation

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Chris MacDonald

When is choice good? Do labels do enough to help us make good choices? When is legislation required? Should legislation facilitate good decisions, or force them? See this story, by Harry Wallop, for the Daily Telegraph: Food eco labels not … Continue reading →

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