Boston University School of Social Work, 264 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, U.S..
Physiol Behav. 2020 Aug 1;222:112943. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.112943. Epub 2020 May 14.
A quarter of U.S. households receive food assistance, yet more than 11% still experience food insecurity annually. We argue that an expansion-oriented approach to food and nutrition assistance policy is an ethical imperative. Drawing on values from the Capability Approach and Social Empathy Model and supported by empirical evidence, we propose an ethical framework characterized by four principles that can be used to assess and inform the development of just food policies. We argue that policies should (1) embrace compassion, (2) create opportunity, (3) consider essential needs, and (4) promote knowledge and empathy. In an applied case, we evaluate current SNAP policy in terms of those principles and offer recommendations to promote justice in the design and implementation of SNAP and other food policies.
四分之一的美国家庭接受食品援助，但仍有超过 11%的家庭每年经历粮食不安全。我们认为，扩大面向的食品和营养援助政策方法是一种道德需要。我们借鉴能力方法和社会共情模型中的价值观，并以经验证据为支持，提出了一个以四项原则为特征的道德框架，可用于评估和为公正的食品政策制定提供信息。我们认为，政策应该：(1) 体现同情心；(2) 创造机会；(3) 考虑基本需求；(4) 促进知识和同理心。在一个应用案例中，我们根据这些原则评估当前的 SNAP 政策，并提出建议，以促进 SNAP 和其他食品政策在设计和实施中的公正。
