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While Heffern discusses obesity, he fails to make the connection that the availability of cheap, non-nutritious food is not a requirement that people eat it. However, when the only food available is expensive food, many have no choice but to starve.
Furthermore, Heffern uses very loaded language to sway the reader towards his point-of-view. Heffern points out that big tobacco has purchased many producers of cheap food, trying to taint the food sources with the stink of the tobacco companies, even though the food products are subsidiaries and do not contribute to tobacco production. Furthermore, when contrasting a typical bland grocery store tomato with a homegrown tomato, Heffern states that "a ripe, homegrown tomato on the other hand, is tangible proof that God is great and good" (Heffern, 3). The rhetoric may sound appealing, but it...
Certainly Heffern's article is compelling in that the reader is left with the desire to learn more about food production in America. However, such an investigation would have to investigate hunger in other countries, so that the actual costs, in human lives, quality of life, and to the environment, can be determined. Only after such an investigation, could one make a personal determination regarding the ethics of eating.
Works Cited
Heffern, Rich. "The Ethics of Eating." National Catholic Reporter. May 24, 2002. Gale Group.
Findarticles.com. 29 Oct. 2005 http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_29_38/ai_87210401.
Works Cited
Heffern, Rich. "The Ethics of Eating." National Catholic Reporter. May 24, 2002. Gale Group.
Findarticles.com. 29 Oct. 2005 http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_29_38/ai_87210401.
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