Author Paul B. Thompson

Paul B. Thompson

Paul B. Thompson has been a leading scholar in food ethics for over 30 years. He was present at the founding of three professional societies for food ethics and has served in an advisory capacity for the U.S. National Research Council, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Genome Canada, and Wageningen University and Research Institute in the Netherlands, among others. He edited the Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics (Springer) and writes a blog for Thornapple Community Supported Agriculture in Lansing MI.

How Philosophers Approach Food Ethics

Paul B. Thompson

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Author Paul B. Thompson

Paul B. Thompson

How Philosophers Approach Food Ethics