TH 219 - Food Ethics (SF)

1. Acquire a moral vocabulary, grounded in Mercy Tradition, that can give shape to, strengthen, and challenge their awareness of the ecological and social challenges arising from the food we produce and consume.
2. Analyze and evaluate standard approaches to environmental ethics by means of a constant focus on the ways ecological degradation and the degradation of human persons relate in multifaceted ways and scales.
3. Understand and apply the Sisters of Mercy critical concerns. In particular, students will understand the modern industrial food system and their agency within it and learn to apply the critical concern of sustainability.
4. Understand contemporary Catholic theological reflection on human obligations to animals and the environment and apply this understanding to the ethics of what we eat.
5. Evaluate possible forms of action moving forward, both in terms of public policy and personal activism.