On my way to and from the anti-war protest in London this weekend, I took the opportunity to listen to the first of a five-part conference entitled "Food, Ethics and the Environment", recorded at Princeton University late last year. This segment featured a speech from ethics professor Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation among other titles, and Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, which has now been made (sort of) into a film. The latter speech in particular I cannot recommend highly enough: Schlosser gives a fascinating talk on the foundations of the fast food industry, the impact of factory farming on animals, the environment and human health (far from a pretty picture); and also the limits of the idea of individual responsibility in confronting remorseless, concentrated corporate power.
Singer is also well worth listening to, particularly on the condition of animals in the factory farming system, and the general ethical issues surrounding what we eat.
The broadcasts are available on this website - which also includes a video option alongside the audio one.
davidjohn
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Very glad you went to London to Protest. I am in Justice not War in Inverness. I am terrified Bush will go for Iran very soon and God help us all. There should be common sense and intelligence testing for all politicians and Parliamentary terms should be shortened to get rid of those bad ones who will not resign before the current 5 years. We are so helpless in the face of Bush and Bliars idiocy ! David.