The Ethics of Boycotts (David Ottlinger & Carson Young)

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English - September 25, 2019 01:38 - 1 hour - 41.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Our era of boycotts, from Jimmy Johns to Uber to Nike ... The ethics and political philosophy of boycotts ... "Society is not a person" ... Waheed Hussein's concept of social change economic consumerism ... Group power and coercion ... Why boycotts usually fail ... How can we judge the worthiness of a boycott's goals? ...