The Virtues of the Table

The Virtues of the Table
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Publisher : Granta Books
Total Pages : 271
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ISBN-10 : 9781847087164
ISBN-13 : 1847087167
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Book Synopsis The Virtues of the Table by : Julian Baggini

Download or read book The Virtues of the Table written by Julian Baggini and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How we eat, farm and shop for food is not only a matter of taste. Our choices regarding what we eat involve every essential aspect of our human nature: the animal, the sensuous, the social, the cultural, the creative, the emotional and the intellectual. Thinking seriously about food requires us to consider our relationship to nature, to our fellow animals, to each other and to ourselves. So can thinking about food teach us about being virtuous, and can what we eat help us to decide how to live? From the author of The Ego Trick and The Pig that Wants to be Eaten comes a thought-provoking exploration of our values and vices. What can fasting teach us about autonomy? Should we, like Kant, 'dare to know' cheese? Should we take media advice on salt with a pinch of salt? And can food be more virtuous, more inherently good, than art?


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