Exam 49: Tom Regan

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -According to economic theories of value, endangered animal species:

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -According to Regan, our current methods of food production may make it more difficult for future generations to grow food of their own.

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -Regan describes several problematic features of factory farming. What are these features and do any give rise to a compelling moral reason to end factory farming? Why or why not?

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -Among the causes of acid rain are:

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -Of the issues Regan raises, which one do you think is the most serious and why?

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -In addition to leaving potentially dangerous residue in food, pesticides can also:

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -Regan raises the question of what we might owe to future generations. Do we have moral obligations to future generations in your view? Why or why not?

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -According to Regan, __________ is the view that all value is determined by human interests.

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -What is anthropomorphism? Are there any reasons for thinking anthropomorphism is correct? Why or why not?

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -Do any of the issues Regan raises provide a compelling moral reason to adopt vegetarianism in your view? Why or why not?

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -Acid rain threatens not only the natural environment but the urban environment as well.

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -Regan raises concerns about factory farms because:

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -Is it important that animal species are saved from extinction in your view? Why or why not?

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -According to Regan, the inefficiency of factory farms is particularly problematic given:

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -Current methods of crop agriculture use growth stimulants and antibiotics that can find their way into our food.

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -Despite their treatment of farm animals, factory farms produce food efficiently.

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -A lake that has dried up because of pollutants is known as a "dead lake."

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -One worry Regan raises about modern crop production centers on its:

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -According to Regan, factory farms are inefficient because:

Tom Regan: We Are What We Eat In "We Are What We Eat," Tom Regan discusses a number of health and environmental consequences of food production and identifies some of the moral questions these consequences raise. Regan begins by describing the extensive of use of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in modern agriculture. Traces of these dangerous chemicals can remain in the food we eat and surface runoffs can contaminate the water we drink. Moreover, the industrial production of these chemicals in petrochemical plants pollutes the air we breathe and contributes to phenomena like acid rain and dead lakes. These effects threaten not only our own health, but that of future generations as well. Regan therefore asks whether we are doing enough to protect the interests of generations yet to come. Chemical use is also extensive in the meat industry, where factory farms subject pigs, chickens, and cows to a range of growth stimulants and antibiotics. This again raises concerns about the effects of chemical residue in our food, but factory farms raise other issues as well. For one, they are inefficient in that the amount of protein they produce in meat products is less than the amount of vegetable protein they consume in animal feed. In a world where millions of people die of starvation every year, Regan asks whether such a wasteful method of producing food is morally acceptable. Moreover, there is the question of the treatment of farm animals themselves. Factory farms condemn millions of conscious beings to lives of frustration and misery every year. For Regan, any morally serious examination of modern food production must take the treatment of these animals into consideration. Regan also raises moral questions regarding wild animals, which are increasingly endangered because of chemical contamination of the environment and habitat destruction caused by urban growth. Do animal species have a value independent to human interests (including economic interests) that makes their survival a good thing? -One principal contributing cause of endangering species Regan identifies is: