Ithaca College

The School of Humanities and Sciences presents Peter Singer as the 2007 Distinguished Speaker in the Humanities on Thursday, December 6.

Peter Singer, the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, will discuss "The Ethics of What We Eat" at 8:00 p.m. in Emerson Suites, Campus Center.

We routinely pick up neatly packaged cuts of meat, cartons of milk, eggs, and other goods at the grocery store, giving little thought to how they are produced. But nothing has a bigger impact on our planet—or on the lives of billions of sentient beings—than the way we produce our food.

Food is an ethical issue, and Peter Singer will reveal the ethical issues that lie behind our food choices. What lies behind labels such as "organic," "fair trade," and "certified humane?" Is there such a thing as "humane meat?" Is fish better? And what about buying locally? The lecture offers a moral framework from which to respond to these difficult questions, and shows how our food choices can make a difference.