Ideal Discussants, Real Food: Questioning the Applicability of Public Reason Approach in Healthy Eating Policies

Abstract Healthy eating policies have become a hot and thorny domain of public concern because they affect people’s liberties, life prospects, expenditures. However, what state institutions may legitimately enforce is controversial matter. Is paternalism for the sake health permissible? Could people be incentivized to eat in healthier manner? Barnhill Bonotti’s recent book ( Eating Policy Political Philosophy ) tackle these issues (and others) manner that seeks combine liberal values neutrality antipaternalism, as well effectiveness legitimacy food policies. To do so, rely on accessibility model reason. Although proposal fills an important gap field reason overcomes some strictures Rawlsian account, their account faces practical challenges. Indeed, institutionalization framework seems need figure moderator deliberative panel. this would create tension between common requirements accounts.