Market Processes and the Ethics of Consumption

Mark Peacock

SAGE Open, 2015, vol. 5, issue 2, 2158244015585998

Abstract: Consumers are often implicated in unjust economic practices when they purchase commodities produced in ethically unacceptable ways. Consumers are, however, ignorant about the production of many of the commodities which leads to these unwitting consumption of unethically produced commodities. This article asks whether consumers are culpable for their ignorance about the unethical commodities they purchase.

Keywords: ethical consumption; market process; culpable ignorance; attitude–behavior gap (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244015585998

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