What role does empathy have in our food consumption? Using Jewish texts to explore the treatment of animals, Simon Feil demonstrates how empathetic treatment of animals is part of the moral requirement of a Jewish ethical code. Challenges us to eat empathetically, Feil argues that by becoming more educated and empathetic consumers—knowing where our meat is coming from and only buying from responsible and ethical producers— we create a ripple effects on the moral health of our society: nurturing our empathy to animals will increase our empathy towards each other.
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