# Good Food: Ethics and Politics of Food

Empty bottles discarded outside a city building is one of many examples of food waste. This image is in the public domain.

### Instructor(s)

Prof. Sally Haslanger

### MIT Course Number

24.03

### As Taught In

Spring 2017

### Level

Undergraduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Selected lecture notes
- Assignments: written (no examples)

## Course Description

This course explores the values (aesthetic, moral, cultural, religious, prudential, political) expressed in the choices of food people eat. Analyzes the decisions individuals make about what to eat, how society should manage food production and consumption collectively, and how reflection on food choices might help resolve conflicts between different values.

## Other Versions

## Other OCW Versions

Archived versions:

- 24.03 Good Food: The Ethics and Politics of Food Choices (Fall 2012)

## Related Content

## Course Collections

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- Philosophy > Ethics
- Gender Studies
- Global Poverty
- The Developing World

Sally Haslanger. 24.03 Good Food: Ethics and Politics of Food. Spring 2017. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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