#337: Ethics of Veganism & Omnivorism (Part 2) – Prof. Paul Thompson

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🗓️ 16 June 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Professor Paul B. Thompson holds the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics at Michigan State University, where he serves on the faculty in the departments of Philosophy, Community Sustainability and Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics.

He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and has held posts at Texas A&M University and Purdue University.

Thompson’s research and teaching has focused on ethical and philosophical topics in food and agriculture.

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1:39.0	Hello, this is your host, Danny Lennon.
1:41.6	You are listening to Sigma Nutrition Radio.
1:43.7	And this is the second of a multiple part series on the topic of the ethics of veganism and omnivorism. And throughout this series, we're going to discuss some of the ethical considerations for our food choices with that focus being on the ethics or morality surrounding consuming
2:03.7	animal products or not. And some of the thoughts that should go into some of those different
2:09.7	conversations. And in the previous episode of the series, I talked with Professor Andrew Chignall
2:15.4	of Princeton University. So if you haven't listened to that yet, that may be a good idea to put on your to-do list or maybe even go and do first.
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