The Ethics Of What We Eat By Pete Singer

Natural Ethics is a theory that is not easily defined because it does not have any delegated principles. Although, this theory does not have any set principles the main concept is to essentially tell us how to live. The author of The Ethics of What We Eat, Pete Singer, takes a utilitarian approach to three major ethical issues: using animals for food, the environmental impact of our food, and the impact on global poverty. We were tasked with creating principles for the Natural Ethics theory which will be applied to an example from Singers, The Ethics of What We Eat. The author of Global Ethics: An Introduction, Heather Widdows, defines Natural Ethics as “partially a theory of naturalism, a philosophical view point according to which everything
One resource that we are provided with are animals which relate to Pete Singer’s argument that the treatment of animals is an ethical issue. Pete Singer, “argues that the principle of equality applies not just to humans, but also to animals. Therefore, according to Singer, if you accept that equality and impartiality are sound moral principles for governing human relations then you should accept that they are also sound when it comes to governing relations between humans and animals.” In Singer’s, The Ethics of What We Eat, he showed the traditional, enclosed way some animals are housed and fed on farms. He then presented an organic farm and the way animals are raised outside in a fenced space with a food house in the middle. The purpose of his showing these two farms is because he believes animals suffer in modern meat production while there is another way to produce meat that causes the animals less pain. One might say, why treat animals as equals if they are going to die anyway? This may be true, but the argument can be made that animals and humans are dependent on one another. Animals have helped humans survive for a number of centuries without them humanity would face world