A Theory of Wrongful Exploitation

Author:	Mikhail Valdman
Title:	A Theory of Wrongful Exploitation
Publication Info:	Ann Arbor, MI: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
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Source:	A Theory of Wrongful Exploitation Mikhail Valdman vol. 9, no. 6, July 2009
Abstract:	My primary aims in this paper are to explain what exploitation is, when it's wrong, and what makes it wrong. I argue that exploitation is not always wrong, but that it can be, and that its wrongness cannot be fully explained with familiar moral constraints such as those against harming people, coercing them, or using them as a means, or with familiar moral obligations such as an obligation to rescue those in distress or not to take advantage of people's vulnerabilities. Its deepest wrongness, I argue, lies in our moral obligation not to extract excessive benefits from people who cannot, or cannot reasonably, refuse our offers.
Keywords:	exploitation taking advantage coercion obligation to rescue use as a means excessive benefit Goodin Wood Wertheimer
URL:	http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3521354.0009.006
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