Lexington Books
Pages: 160
Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼
978-1-7936-1466-7 • Hardback • November 2022 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
978-1-7936-1467-4 • eBook • November 2022 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Rachel Robison-Greene is assistant professor of philosophy at Utah State University.
Chapter 1: In Vitro Meat: A Moral Revolution?
Chapter 2: Can They Suffer? Utilitarian Considerations
Chapter 3: Why Not In Vitro Meat?
Chapter 4: Subjects of Lives and Inherent Value
Chapter 5: Non-Ideal Theory and Paradigm Shifts
Chapter 6: The “Yuck” Factor, Aesthetics, and Cognitive Bias
Chapter 7: Edibility and Eating Others
Chapter 8: Beings and Bodies
Chapter 9: Pandemics and Animal Exploitation
Rachel Robison-Greene has written a morally astute, balanced, and unique analysis of the production of in-vitro meat. Her arguments are accessible with a clear understanding of philosophical, cultural, aesthetic, and economic practices of industrialized livestock raising and slaughter. Robison-Greene’s text offers a methodical examination of current practices common to confined animal farming, credible interpretations of important thinkers who address the interests of all parties concerned in the production of meat, and a sensible and enlightened view of the future of animal husbandry. The volume concludes with a practical assessment of in-vitro meat production as a response to climate change, human health and cultural concerns, and speciesism. This book will be essential reading for students of ethical human-animal interactions, non-human animal welfare and rights, and is highly recommended for students of animal studies, environmental studies, and food systems in general.
— Karen Mizell, Utah Valley University
Edibility and In Vitro Meat is an excellent book that successfully combines readability with academic rigor. I highly recommend it.
— Journal Of Applied Philosophy