The Virtues of the Table by Julian Baggini

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An entertaining and thought-provoking look at the food on our plates, and what it can teach us about being human

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The Virtues of the Table by Julian Baggini

How we eat, farm and shop for food is not only a matter of taste. Our choices regarding what we eat involve every essential aspect of our human nature: the animal, the sensuous, the social, the cultural, the creative, the emotional and the intellectual. Thinking seriously about food requires us to consider our relationship to nature, to our fellow animals, to each other and to ourselves. So can thinking about food teach us about being virtuous, and can what we eat help us to decide how to live? From the author of The Ego Trick and The Pig that Wants to be Eaten comes a thought-provoking exploration of our values and vices. What can fasting teach us about autonomy? Should we, like Kant, 'dare to know' cheese? Should we take media advice on salt with a pinch of salt? And can food be more virtuous, more inherently good, than art?
JULIAN BAGGINI (www.julianbaggini.com) is Founding Editor of The Philosophers' Magazine. His books include Welcome to Everytown: A Journey into the English Mind, What's It All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life, the bestselling The Pig that Wants to be Eaten, Do They Think You're Stupid? and The Ego Trick, all published by Granta Books.
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ISBN 13 9781847087140
ISBN 10 1847087140
Title The Virtues of the Table
Author Julian Baggini
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Granta Books
Year published 2014-01-02
Number of pages 320
Prizes Winner of Salon's Transmission Prize 2015 (UK), Commended for Andre Simon Food and Drink Award 2015 (UK)
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