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date: 21 March 2025

consumerist ethics. 

Source:
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy
Author(s):
R. S. DownieR. S. Downie

The ethics of consumerism partly derives from the rights-based approach to morality which was a marked feature of the second half of the twentieth century, and partly has been encouraged by those who advocate belief in the efficacy and essential righteousness of a free-market economy. The main concepts in consumer ethics are ... ...

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