The following ethical dilemma discussion is from Chapter Fourteen of the accompanying text. The questions immediately following each ethical dilemma are guided questions for you to consider as you frame your thinking. Seek to develop your own positions where neither the law nor public opinion has reached an ethical consensus that conforms to accepted values. For every question, there are two or more valid positions that are consistent with universal values and principles.

1. Are the traditional American beliefs in free markets and respect for personal autonomy contributing to diet-related public health crises such as obesity and diabetes?
2. What values are preventing the United States from actively curbing high-calorie, low-nutrient food consumption through nutrition label requirements, advertising restrictions, and taxes on unhealthy foods?
3. What ethical principles should guide the U.S. food industry that manufactures, sells, and advertises high-fat, high-calorie, low-nutrient food and beverages as the industry responds to the public's nutrition and food safety concerns?
4. Should the industry's pursuit of the public's common good be limited to regulatory compliance and meeting the requirements of food safety laws, while leaving ethical principles a matter for legislatures, government regulatory agencies, and the courts to decide and mandate? In other words, should nutrition be an individual consumer responsibility and not the duty of the food industry or government?