My interpretation of this might be different, but I agree wholeheartedly with my interpretation.
Being morally just doesn’t just mean “not causing harm” directly. It means striving to not cause harm both directly and indirectly. As someone who lives in the USA, our entire society is built off of exploitation. The less expensive something is, the more heavy the exploitation likely is. The cheapest manufacturing is done in countries where labor is exploited or even enslaved, where the manufacturing process can pollute and poison the area with little consequence (to the manufacturer), and where the powerful can force deals on the government to let them extract valuable resources and pay a fraction of its value - depriving the locals and nation prosperity. Even when buying US food products, the food industry mostly relies on extremely poor conditions for the animals it keeps, taking advantage of farmers it buys from or employs, and may even employ migrant children for dangerous slaughterhouse labor.
Avoiding these kinds of practices throughout most supply chains is sometimes impossible and usually more expensive the more thoroughly you manage to avoid the practices. Even then someone has to check in and constantly verify that the practices are legitimately avoided and not just greenwashing or fraudulent.
Worth noting as well that even if you can dish out for higher cost goods that alone doesn’t mean you escape these labor practices. Not only do you need the wealth to buy conscientiously, but you need the time and energy to investigate the supplier and their supply chain.i failed to read your whole post, blame the app 😅
The choice is often false, and that’s a systemic affect. The idea that the less well off are judged for making such decisions isn’t about ethics, it’s about class.
My interpretation of this might be different, but I agree wholeheartedly with my interpretation.
Being morally just doesn’t just mean “not causing harm” directly. It means striving to not cause harm both directly and indirectly. As someone who lives in the USA, our entire society is built off of exploitation. The less expensive something is, the more heavy the exploitation likely is. The cheapest manufacturing is done in countries where labor is exploited or even enslaved, where the manufacturing process can pollute and poison the area with little consequence (to the manufacturer), and where the powerful can force deals on the government to let them extract valuable resources and pay a fraction of its value - depriving the locals and nation prosperity. Even when buying US food products, the food industry mostly relies on extremely poor conditions for the animals it keeps, taking advantage of farmers it buys from or employs, and may even employ migrant children for dangerous slaughterhouse labor.
Avoiding these kinds of practices throughout most supply chains is sometimes impossible and usually more expensive the more thoroughly you manage to avoid the practices. Even then someone has to check in and constantly verify that the practices are legitimately avoided and not just greenwashing or fraudulent.
It’s really quite depressing.
Yep that’s totally true.
Worth noting as well that even if you can dish out for higher cost goods that alone doesn’t mean you escape these labor practices. Not only do you need the wealth to buy conscientiously, but you need the time and energy to investigate the supplier and their supply chain.i failed to read your whole post, blame the app 😅The choice is often false, and that’s a systemic affect. The idea that the less well off are judged for making such decisions isn’t about ethics, it’s about class.