Farming, the Virtues, and Agrarian Philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19987728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul B Thompson, Paul Β Thompson (0000-0003-0555-9914, Michigan State University, corresponding author) |
| Editors | Anne Barnhill (0000-0003-1478-6609), Mark Budolfson (0000-0003-0414-0433), Tyler Doggett (0000-0001-5714-3633) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 824 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Food Ethics (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199372263.013.38 |
| OpenAlex | W2917068291 |
| Open Library | OL30587100M |
| ISBN | 9780199372263 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
Food production can be viewed as one among many activities that produce goods in modern industrial societies, with ethical issues analogous to those of other sectors of the economy. Contrarily, agriculture and farming have historically been thought to have unique influence on the nature of social institutions, the reinforcement of moral virtues, and the reproduction of cultural forms. Mainstream approaches in consequentialist and deontological ethics implicitly adopt the first perspective: the industrial philosophy of agriculture. The chapter summarizes alternative agrarian viewpoints, emphasizing the role of the household farm in the thought of Aristotle and Xenophon, as well as the special role accorded to agriculture in early modern debates on property and political economy. It concludes with the emergence of contemporary agrarian philosophies that see farming and food systems as uniquely significant for environmental ethics and sustainability
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Environmental ethics · Geography · Mainstream · Political science · Politics · Reproduction · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Viewpoints · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Food
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |