Consuming choices : ethics in a global consumer age /

Consuming choices : ethics in a global consumer age /

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Author / Creator:	Schwartz, David T. (David Thomas), 1961-
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.
Subject:	Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects. Ethics, Modern -- 21st century. Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects. Ethics, Modern. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11221282

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ISBN:	9781442204300 1442204303 0742548139 9780742548138 0742548147 9780742548145 9780742548138 9780742548145 1282561235 9781282561236 9786612561238 6612561238
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English.
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 thesepractices fall solely on the companies that perform them, or does it also fall upon consumers wh.
Other form:	Print version: Schwartz, David T. Consuming choices. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2010 9780742548138
Standard no.:	9786612561238

Table of Contents:

Ethical consumerism
Caveat emptor?
The consumer as causal agent
The consumer as complicit participant
Toward a practical consumer ethic.