Ethics & Food: Food as a Strategic Commodity or a Natural Right of the Individual

Background: From a legal point of view, although food as a human right is recognized in the international law and domestic law of many societies, like other welfare rights, they are still in dispute in practice and opinion. Therefore, in the present article, the authors tried to examine whether the need for food for human beings - without discrimination and based on the inherent dignity of human beings and the value of life, regardless of need also creates a right or whether food is just a commodity. An economy and strategy that is produced with the aim of generating profit and not meeting the needs of the people. Conclusion: With the change of government in recent years and the abandonment of the views of welfare states and the tendency of governments to regulate and avoid direct intervention and undisputed influence of transnational corporations in all social spheres, as well as the pessimism of developing governments and thousands of similar cases have created parallel discourses alongside the right to food discourse. One of these discourses that has a historical flaw is the food paradigm as a guiding commodity that sees food not as a right but as a valuable commodity. This market-oriented approach believes that the duty of governments is not a legal obligation to provide healthy and sufficient food, but governments are obliged to create the necessary conditions for the economic development of society, which will improve the food security of society.