Part -1:
Ethics and Society - Ethics and the Environment
Our relationship with the environment is an ethical issue.
In your journal, reflect on your environmental values and what you are doing in your own life to help "turn the ship around," away from a degenerative relationship to a regenerative relationship with nature.
Reference - The Great Work by Thomas Berry
Part - 2: The Modern Food System
Q: What does Pollan suggest is the relationship between farming, food, and the energy crisis?
Q: What does Pollan suggest is the relationship between farming, food, and health?
Q: What does Pollan suggest is the relationship between farming, food, and climate change?
Q: What does Pollan suggest is the relationship between farming, food, and war?
Q: Based on all the above, what do you think is the relationship between farming, food, and species extinction? What about between farming, food, and economic diversity?
Digesting the Facts
Q: What are the problems and ethical issues with the current food system?
Q: What does Michael Pollan say to the claim that we need industrial farming "to feed the world"?