Simple plain fare or exquisite eating - Is simplicity really a consumer virtue?

• This paper discusses the proposed consumer virtue of material simplicity, as advocated by Joshua Colt Gambrel and Philip Cafaro. We argue that the introduction of simplicity as a virtue is unnecessary and arbitrary. We also argue that there are reasons to doubt whether simplicity is really a virtue, and using counterexamples, we argue that the arguments presented by Gambrel and Cafaro are unconvincing in this respect. Finally, some considerations for further research are suggested.

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HUMANIORA  -- Filosofi, etik och religion -- Filosofi (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion -- Philosophy (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Filosofi, etik och religion -- Etik (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion -- Ethics (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Medicinsk etik (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Medical Ethics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Consumption

Frugality

Temperance

Virtue ethics

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