Intermediary Food Ethics
In the field of food ethics, most critical activities are happening in the intermediary field… Evidently there is a public sphere of social life, a public arena for activities of citizens that is not incorporated in the state, the market, or the private sphere of individuals and families. It is in this shared lifeworld that networks, associations, organizations, and movements emerge. It is here that individual action can inspire and motivate collective action.
In this intermediary field of civil society it is furthermore argued that institutions and corporations have moral agency. They can ethically deliberate and accept moral responsibilities. They can be held accountable for the harms and wrongs they have produced. They can learn and be redesigned on the basis of moral experience. This is exactly what is happening today. A new ethical environment for food is emerging.