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03736aam a2200469 a 4500 001 EA5786349BCB11E0ADC0429E6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110621010103 008 100122s2010 mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2010000117 020 $a 1442204303 (electronic : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781442204300 (electronic : alk. paper) 020 $a 0742548147 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780742548145 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 0742548139 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780742548138 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)496966951 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d C#P $d BWX $d CDX $d GZQ $d MOF $d NLGGC $d A7U $d MNY $d IX2 $d SILO 050 00 $a HB835 $b .S39 2010 082 00 $a 174 $2 22 084 $a 83.21 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Schwartz, David T. $q (David Thomas), $d 1961- 245 1 $a Consuming choices : $b ethics in a global consumer age / $c David T. Schwartz. 260 $a Lanham, Md. : $b Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, $c c2010. 300 $a viii, 139 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index. 505 0 $a Ethical consumerism -- Caveat emptor -- The consumer as causal agent -- The consumer as complicit participant -- Toward a practical consumer ethic. 520 1 $a ""The signature ethical problem of the global consumer society is our responsibility for the unethical practices that lie behind the products we buy. David T. Schwartz probes this'problem with well-chosen examples and clear ethical arguments Consuming Choices is a book for teachers to discuss with their students and from which activists and consumers will also learn."---Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University" ""I know of no other work that has ethically examined the topic of consumer choice in such detail. Schwartz's work can serve nicely as a supplement for a business ethics, political philosophy, or moral problems course."---James Sterba, University of Notre Dame" "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 sort 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 important, do consumers ever have moral obligations to avoid particular products? To answer. David T. Schwartz provides the most detailed philosophical exploration on consumer ethics to date. He uses 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."--BOOK JACKET. 650 0 $a Consumption (Economics) $x Moral and ethical aspects. 650 0 $a Ethics, Modern $y 21st century. 650 17 $a Consumentengedrag $2 gtt 650 17 $a Internationalisatie $2 gtt 650 17 $a Ethiek $2 gtt 650 17 $a Ethische aspecten $2 gtt 941 $a 5 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214043052.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718090005.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210707013522.0 952 $l UXAX826 $d 20150505014252.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20111119012502.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EA5786349BCB11E0ADC0429E6AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search