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Date:         Thu, 20 Dec 2001 14:45:21 +0000
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Subject:      Food Ethics Summer Research School
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Announcement.

The Netherlands School for Research in Practical Philosophy

Invites participants to its Summer School Course

Ethics and Food in Modern Society
Food Ethics: A New Branch of Applied Ethics?

7 – 13 July 2002, Utrecht, The Netherlands

The aim of the of the Course is to

-  Discuss fundamental philosophical ethical questions raised in the field
of food
-  Focus on the question whether ‘food ethics’ is really a new branch in
applied ethics

Themes covered include:
- Ethical questions raised by new developments in food, to find out what
they have in common and how they relate to animal ethics, environmental
ethics, business ethics and medical ethics.
- Philosophical questions regarding food safety, functional foods and
developments in food genomics.
- Problems regarding responsibility and agency; how various types of moral
agents (consumers, farmers, retailers, etc.) make up different ‘food
practices’ in which various types of objects of concern (health, nature,
animal welfare, consumer autonomy, etc.) are relevant.
- Problems of methodology of food ethics; regarding key concepts and
difficulties of structure.
- Metaethical problems in food ethics that result from strong pluralism in
food mores and the absence of a shared public morality concerning
biotechnological developments.

The Course will be of interest to PhD students working on or interested in:
- moral issues regarding food, food biotechnology and food genomics.
- ethical issues in agriculture, medicine, business, ecology, etc.
- the methodology of applied ethics and metaethical problems raised by
concrete moral quandaries.

Preparation
As this is a short and intensive course, active participation by the
students is required. Participants are expected to study a short selected
reading list for the course in advance. Tutorials with the teaching staff
are part of the program.

Accommodation
Course fees will not be charged. Costs are limited to accommodation
expenses in the conference centre and reader to the amount of 400,- EUR
(equivalent to about 250 stlg). Private room, all meals included.

Apply by sending a short CV and a brief description of research to:

Hella van den Elshout
Department of Philosophy
Free University of Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Tel: +31 20 444 66 79, Fax. +31 20-444 66 35, E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Further details are available at
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ozse/graduate_program.htm


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