Between markets, politics, and ethics: on vendor conscience and impersonal markets
Business owners sometimes refuse to transact with certain customers on principle, given some normative (political, personal, moral, or religious) commitment which they hold. I call such refusals "conscientious refusals." Evaluating two possible positions on the permissibility of vendor con...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2023
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2023, Volume: 188, Issue: 2, Pages: 307-326 |
| Further subjects: | B
Pluralism
B Market activism B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift B Freedom |
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| Summary: | Business owners sometimes refuse to transact with certain customers on principle, given some normative (political, personal, moral, or religious) commitment which they hold. I call such refusals "conscientious refusals." Evaluating two possible positions on the permissibility of vendor conscientious refusals, I argue in favor of an impersonal market in which vendor conscientious refusals are generally not justified. I argue impersonal norms, which crowd out conscientious considerations, support pluralist, healthy markets from which we reap individual and communal benefits; further, impersonal markets buttress individual freedom by providing a distinctive sphere of activity characterized by norms of radical inclusivity. These considerations constitute a strong case that vendor conscientious refusals are ceteris paribus unjustified. I conclude by addressing several potential objections to this view. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10551-022-05323-7 |