Consuming choices : ethics in a global consumer age /
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| Author / Creator: | Schwartz, David T. (David Thomas), 1961- |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 139 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Philosophy and the global context Philosophy and the global context. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11221282 |
| Summary: | Being a consumer is now integral to the human experience, something none of us can avoid. At the same time, many of the products that we buy come to us with histories steeped in highly unethical practices, such as worker exploitation, animal suffering, and environmental damage. Consuming Choices considers the ethical dimensions of consumer life by exploring several basic questions: Exactly what sorts of unethical practices are implicated in today's consumer products? Does moral culpability for these practices fall solely on the companies that perform them, or does it also fall upon consumers who purchase the products made with such practices? And most importantly, do consumers ever have moral obligations to avoid particular products? To answer, David T. Schwartz provides the most detailed philosophical exploration to date on consumer ethics. He utilizes historical and fictional examples to illustrate the types of wrongdoing currently implicated by consumer products in this age of globalization, offers a clear description of the relevant moral theories and important ethical concepts, and provides concrete suggestions on how to be a more ethical consumer. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 139 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442204300 1442204303 0742548139 9780742548138 0742548147 9780742548145 1282561235 9781282561236 9786612561238 6612561238 |