Study On Food Fear From The Perspective Of Ethics

As omnivorous animals,human beings can obtain abundant food resources from nature on the one hand,and on the other hand,they need to face the possible risk of disease and death caused by food.As an important defense mechanism of two-way evolution of human body and food,food fear plays an important role in the selection and evaluation of food.According to Aristotle’s doctrine of the middle way,we believe that moderate food fear can maintain the necessary tension between people and food.The lack of food fear will make us lack of due respect for food and environment,which will not only cause the outbreak of foodborne diseases and pestilence,but also cause serious ecological disasters.And excessive food fear will weaken the sense of pleasure and happiness in the process of human eating,which will aggravate the tension between human and food,and endanger human health.Food fear has a historical development process,which has been highlighted in modern society,and has been spreading and spreading in the whole society.The expression of modern food fear is complex and diverse,which can be roughly divided into three types: hunger fear,safety fear and health fear.Modern food fear is originally the normal emotional expression of the tense relationship between people and food in industrial society.It is a silent resistance to the alienation relationship between people and food.It plays an important warning role in coping with food risks and improving food safety.But the world view of fear in modern society exaggerates the actual risks and magnifies the fear of food,which makes the fear of food beyond the reasonable range.In order to pursue profits,various interest groups are competing to sell and use people’s food fear to seek private interests,which further aggravates the harm of modern food fear.Fear is closely related to morality.Fear is not only the medium of morality,but also must be regulated and restricted by the system of moral norms.Modern food fear is jointly constructed by industrial food production system,government agencies,nutrition scientists and news media.In order to alleviate food fear and rebuild the harmonious relationship between people and food,modern industrial food production system,government agencies,nutrition scientists and news media should consciously assume corresponding social responsibilities and strengthen self moral construction and ethical constraints.Finally,the adjustment of food fear also depends on the establishment of a good food culture and the individual’s food awakening.Only by establishing healthy consumption habits and eating patterns,can we truly transcend food fear and make the human body return to happiness and health.