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<p>The objective of the article is to present the concept of practical consumer ethics, which may constitute the axiological basis of sustainable consumption and such an attitude of the consumer that will prevent the negative impact of food consumption on the natural and social environment and will counteract the food waste. The authors consider ethical consumption against the background of the normative pattern of sustainable consumption, which is the practical operationalisation of the concept of sustainable development. This pattern implies, on the one hand, consumer ethics and, on the other hand, an environmentally and socially responsible lifestyle. Against this background, the authors postulate the concept of frugalism as a practical ethics of consumption, based on aretological assumptions and the values of Henryk Skolimowski's ecological ethics. Frugalism, in its normative assumptions, contributes to deconsumption by changing the system of values, attitudes and preferences of a consumer, who voluntarily decides to limit the amount of purchased products, preferring those that are recycled and more sustainable. The authors present comparative statements of the features of the consumerist and frugalistic attitudes.</p>
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The objective of the article is to present the concept of practical consumer ethics, which may constitute the axiological basis of sustainable consumption and such an attitude of the consumer that will prevent the negative impact of food consumption on the natural and social environment and will counteract the food waste. The authors consider ethical consumption against the background of the normative pattern of sustainable consumption, which is the practical operationalisation of the concept of sustainable development. This pattern implies, on the one hand, consumer ethics and, on the other hand, an environmentally and socially responsible lifestyle. Against this background, the authors postulate the concept of frugalism as a practical ethics of consumption, based on aretological assumptions and the values of Henryk Skolimowski's ecological ethics. Frugalism, in its normative assumptions, contributes to deconsumption by changing the system of values, attitudes and preferences of a consumer, who voluntarily decides to limit the amount of purchased products, preferring those that are recycled and more sustainable. The authors present comparative statements of the features of the consumerist and frugalistic attitudes.

Ethical Consumption as the Basis for Counteracting Food Waste

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources

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The objective of the article is to present the concept of practical consumer ethics, which may constitute the axiological basis of sustainable consumption and...

Features of the consumerist attitude	Features of a frugalistic attitude
Overconsumption	Sustainable and moderate consumption
Compulsive consumption	Consumption resulting from real needs
Satisfying desires and whims	Satisfying real needs
Waste	Recovering
Ostentatious and snobbish consumption	Modesty
Consumption of cheap and perishable goods (low-quality products, junk food)	Consumption of durable and high-quality goods (in particular of ecological quality)
The predominance of consumption of material goods	Consumption of intangible goods (knowledge, art, beauty, services) – focussing on personal, spiritual and interpersonal development
Self-centred consumption, without awareness of ecological and social effects and costs	Consumption aware of the social and environmental impact
Hedonistic consumption (aimed at instant gratification here and now)	Consumption aware of the pre-consumption stage (origin, way of producing products) and post-consumption stage (way of managing post-consumer waste)

Ethical Consumption as the Basis for Counteracting Food Waste

Publié en ligne: 30 sept. 2021

Pages: 1 - 7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2021-0009

Mots clés
sustainable consumption pattern, sustainable lifestyle, food waste, food ethics, ethics of consumption, ethical consumption, frugalism

© 2021 Mikołaj Niedek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Figure 1

Comparison of the characteristics of consumerist and frugalistic attitudes (Elaborated by M. Niedek).

Ethical Consumption as the Basis for Counteracting Food Waste

Publié en ligne: 30 sept. 2021

Pages: 1 - 7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2021-0009

Mots cléssustainable consumption pattern, sustainable lifestyle, food waste, food ethics, ethics of consumption, ethical consumption, frugalism

© 2021 Mikołaj Niedek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Figure 1

Comparison of the characteristics of consumerist and frugalistic attitudes (Elaborated by M. Niedek).

Mots clés
sustainable consumption pattern, sustainable lifestyle, food waste, food ethics, ethics of consumption, ethical consumption, frugalism