{"title":"Ethical Evaluation Capacity of Turkish Food and Agricultural Engineers and Veterinary Physicians with Regard to Agriculture and Food System.","authors":"Sukru Keles, Ayşe Kurtoğlu, Özdal Köksal, Neyyire Yasemin Yalım, Cemal Taluğ","doi":"10.1007/s10806-021-09847-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-021-09847-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In Turkey, the numbers of studies that deal with agriculture and food as a system and process, and that address the issue with an integrated approach are very limited. Besides, there is no empirical study available in the national literature in which agricultural and food system has been analyzed within the framework of applied ethics. The present study aims to investigate the characteristics of food and agricultural engineers and veterinary physicians in terms of their tendency to carry out ethical evaluations when faced with issues falling under the field of agriculture and food ethics, and detect their capacity to identify ethical problems.A cross-sectional survey was employed in this study. Descriptive statistics like percentages and frequencies based on the scores from the scale were used. Data were collected via survey method from three occupational groups, namely, food and agricultural engineers and veterinary physicians working in 12 regions of Turkey, and analyzed using chi-square and score test. A total of 865 professionals from 55 different cities participated in the study. Data concerning participants' level of ethics awareness regarding the identification and evaluation of ethical problems in the fields of food and agriculture were obtained. While the participating professionals could easily detect the problems in food and agriculture system that carried no ethical dilemma, they had difficulty in identifying issues that involved ethical dilemmas. It was also revealed that there was a significant difference between professionals in terms of their perception of ethical problems, demonstrating the need for a comprehensive ethics education to be imparted during and after under-graduate.</p>","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":"34 2","pages":"10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10806-021-09847-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25557532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A New Conceptual 'Cylinder' Framework for Sustainable Bioeconomy Systems and Their Actors.","authors":"Hugo de Vries, Mechthild Donner, Monique Axelos","doi":"10.1007/s10806-021-09850-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-021-09850-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Concepts for sustainable bioeconomy systems are gradually replacing the ones on linear product chains. The reason is that continuously expanding linear chain activities are considered to contribute to climate change, reduced biodiversity, over-exploitation of resources, food insecurity, and the double burden of disease. Are sustainable bioeconomy systems a guarantee for a healthy planet? If yes, why, when, and how? In literature, different sustainability indicators have been presented to shed light on this complicated question. Due to high degrees of complexity and interactions of actors in bioeconomy systems, trade-offs and non-linear outcomes became apparent. This fueled the debates about the normative dimensions of the bioeconomy. In particular, the behavior of actors and the utilization of products do not seem to be harmonized according to the environmental, social, and economic pillars of sustainability. Potential conflicts require a new conceptual framework that is here introduced. It consists of a 'sustainability' cylinder captured between an inner-cylinder, representing order, and an outer-cylinder for chaos, based on the laws of physics and complex adaptive systems. Such a framework permits (bioeconomy) systems to propagate in the sustainability zone only if they follow helical pathways serving as the new norms. Helices are a combination of two sinusoidal patterns. The first represents here the sustainable behavior of interacting actors and the second the balanced usage of resources and products. The latter counteracts current growth discourses. The applicability of the conceptual cylinder framework is positively verified via 9 cases in Europe, which encompass social-organizational and product-technological innovations.</p>","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":"34 2","pages":"11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10806-021-09850-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25574040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Default Vegetarianism and Veganism.","authors":"Timothy Perrine","doi":"10.1007/s10806-021-09856-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-021-09856-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper describes a pair of dietary practices I label <i>default vegetarianism</i> and <i>default veganism</i>. The basic idea is that one adopts a default of adhering to vegetarian and vegan diets, with periodic exceptions. While I do not exhaustively defend either of these dietary practices as morally required, I do suggest that they are more promising than other dietary practices that are normally discussed like strict veganism and vegetarianism. For they may do a better job of striking a balance between normative concerns about contemporary farming practices and competing considerations of life. Additionally, I argue that framing discussions in terms of defaults is useful for various reasons: it helps organize agreements and disagreements, it more accurately reflects the way people conceptualize their dietary practices, and it presents a more dialectically effective view.</p>","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":"34 2","pages":"13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10806-021-09856-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25574041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christian Medaas, Marianne E Lien, Kristine Gismervik, Tore S Kristiansen, Tonje Osmundsen, Kristine Vedal Størkersen, Brit Tørud, Lars Helge Stien
{"title":"Minding the Gaps in Fish Welfare: The Untapped Potential of Fish Farm Workers.","authors":"Christian Medaas, Marianne E Lien, Kristine Gismervik, Tore S Kristiansen, Tonje Osmundsen, Kristine Vedal Størkersen, Brit Tørud, Lars Helge Stien","doi":"10.1007/s10806-021-09869-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-021-09869-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The welfare of farmed fish is often regarded with less concern than the welfare of other husbandry animals, as fish are not universally classified as sentient beings. In Norway, farmed fish and other husbandry animals are legally protected under the same laws. Additionally, the legislature has defined a number of aquaculture-specific amendments, including mandatory welfare courses for fish farmers who have a key role in securing animal welfare, also with regards to noting welfare challenges in the production process. This article uses fish welfare courses as a site from which to inquire about the common-sense understanding of fish welfare in Norwegian fish farming. The focus is specifically on fish farm employees, their experiences of welfare-related issues and contradictions in their daily work, and the struggle to act responsibly in aquaculture settings. Through participant observation at welfare courses, as well as interviews and conversations with fish farm workers, the article details how challenges are experienced 'on the ground', and suggests how fish farm workers' own experiential knowledge might be mobilized to improve the general welfare of farmed fish.</p>","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":" ","pages":"29"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8475820/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39481322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Steak for Supper if the Cow Did Not Suffer: Understanding the Mechanisms Behind People’s Intention to Purchase Animal Welfare-Friendly (AWF) Meat Products","authors":"A. Beldad, S. Hegner","doi":"10.1007/s10806-020-09834-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-020-09834-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":"33 1","pages":"461 - 486"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10806-020-09834-z","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41878478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why Wake the Dead? Identity and De-extinction","authors":"C. Lean","doi":"10.1007/s10806-020-09839-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-020-09839-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":"33 1","pages":"571 - 589"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10806-020-09839-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44793003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Radical Hope: Truth, Virtue, and Hope for What Is Left in Extinction Rebellion","authors":"D. Stuart","doi":"10.1007/s10806-020-09835-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-020-09835-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":"33 1","pages":"487 - 504"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10806-020-09835-y","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45865776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cynthia I. Escobedo del Bosque, G. Busch, A. Spiller, A. Risius
{"title":"My Meat Does Not Have Feathers: Consumers’ Associations with Pictures of Different Chicken Breeds","authors":"Cynthia I. Escobedo del Bosque, G. Busch, A. Spiller, A. Risius","doi":"10.1007/s10806-020-09836-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-020-09836-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":"33 1","pages":"505 - 529"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10806-020-09836-x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45680954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Foresighting for Responsible Innovation Using a Delphi Approach: A Case Study of Virtual Fencing Innovation in Cattle Farming","authors":"D. Brier, C. Eastwood, B. Dela Rue, D. Viehland","doi":"10.1007/s10806-020-09838-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-020-09838-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":"33 1","pages":"549 - 569"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10806-020-09838-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52261749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}