Fish welfare, environment and food security: a pragmatist virtue ethics approach

R. Anthony; Mickey Gjerris; H. Röcklinsberg

Fish welfare, environment and food security: a pragmatist virtue ethics approach

R. Anthony, Mickey Gjerris, H. Röcklinsberg

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With continued population growth, potentially negative impacts of climate change, and potential impacts of food access and security among poorer and more vulnerable communities fish as food resource is becoming more and more important. The growing recognition of fish as sentient beings must be considered in tandem with other concerns such as the relative weighting of their welfare, human equity, environmental protection, food security and food safety. Sensible environmental practices are needed and must be tied closely to effective policies around food security as well as regulation that take into account the issues of fish welfare. We suggest a pragmatic virtue ethics approach would be relevant and fundamental for such policies - both regarding process and substance - and show how it can contribute to the discussion on how to relate fish welfare to environmental concern and the issue of equity in a more secure global food system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The ethics of consumption : The citizen, the market and the law
Editors	Helena Röcklinsberg, Per Sandin
Number of pages	6
Place of Publication	Wageningen
Publisher	Wageningen Academic Publishers
Publication date	29 Aug 2013
Pages	257-262
ISBN (Print)	978-90-8686-231-3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-90-8686-784-4
Publication status	Published - 29 Aug 2013
Event	EurSafe 2013 - Uppsala, Sweden Duration: 11 Sept 2013 → 14 Sept 2013

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Conference	EurSafe 2013
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Uppsala
Period	11/09/2013 → 14/09/2013

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Fish welfare, environment and food security : a pragmatist virtue ethics approach. / Anthony, R.; Gjerris, Mickey; Röcklinsberg, H.

The ethics of consumption: The citizen, the market and the law. ed. / Helena Röcklinsberg; Per Sandin. Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2013. p. 257-262.

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