01:730:105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Junk Food, Food Policy, Veganism

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: 01:730:105
• Professor: Andy Egan

Document Summary

Food aid certain crops [i. e. access and distribution. Religion on food policy - immigration policies [conditions of workers] Environmental consequences - farm types and sizes. Of production of foods - scarcity and allocation of resources. Of the ways consumption is - food regulations [chemicals used in foods] The reason for the sugar tax is aimed - technological advancements [can lead to in improving public health conditions of workers or number of workers. Usually in areas of low income and their low access to fresh food/ produce. Argument against policy x: government ought not adopt any policy that makes consumers worse off, adopting policy x would make consumers worse off, therefore, government ought not adopt policy x. However, someone makes an argument claiming that maybe a policy that makes consumers a little worse off is worth it if it makes producers alot better off. * if the premises are true, then the conclusion should be true as well.