Ethical and Sustainable Consumer Behaviours Within the Context of Food Ethics

Food goes through many stages until it is ready for consumption and interacts with the consumer. Food ethics, a field of applied ethics, guides and contributes to the evaluation of all these stages within an ethical framework. Unless the decisions individuals make regarding which foods to consume and in what quantities are not passed through an ethical filter, they may be affected by social dynamics and cannot go beyond existing habits. However, an awareness of the extent to which the consequences of this decision will affect nature and other relevant stakeholders helps shape a sustainable consumption pattern. At this point, food ethics serves as an important road map for consumers to create their dietary patterns. Sustainable choices are of vital importance in the short and long term, as meat consumption is still a factor that determines social status and the maintenance of meat as a gender policy may continue to harm other weak and vulnerable groups. Within the framework of social justice, individuals and governments have important duties to protect the rights of all stakeholders and to make a more livable environment possible for both the current generation and future generations. For this reason, it is very critical to prevent meat from being seen as a “value” and to purify it from meanings such as power and masculinity. The importance of cooperation to improve the present and make the future more sustainable is becoming more important day by day.