Question

Ethics: It has been suggested that what we eat matters, morally speaking, and that these moral concerns reach well beyond just ourselves. Without reducing this question into a simple discussion of killing animals (see next question), discuss why what we eat and how we eat matters.

Answer 1

Our eating habits tell a lot about our behaviour and personality. Like a person who eats at a slow pace is mostly a person who enjoys every moment of their lives and has a lot of patience. Similarly, a person who eats very quickly can be very competitive in life. The picky eater is the one who always want to make a comfort zone around them. Similarly, the person who organises the food on the plate tells a different behaviour than a person who mixes all the food on plate and then eats.

Eating is not only a basic need to sustain life, it has a connection to ethics. Eating is an ethical act because while eating, we are more than just consumers. Eating includes the moral decision making that roots within the context of various cultures and traditions which leads to an impact on human health.

It is said that "You are what you eat". Our food choices are often connected to our beliefs and values. It is also connected to knowing where it comes from and how it is produced and the later consequences of eating it. Especially during this pandemic period, people were more concerned as to what they eat, as it mattered. Improving what people eat can have a huge change in their physical as well as mental well being.

The food we eat is a part of our identity. The food we prefer shapes our social gatherings. We make food choices every single day and in each choice, we are given the opportunity to look how it affects us.