Taking Advantage of Injustice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5784205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eve Malmqvist (0000-0003-3071-9609, corresponding author), Erik Malmqvist |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 557-580 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Theory and Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-802X • E-ISSN: 2154-123X |
| Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5840/soctheorpract201339432 |
| OpenAlex | W2153915558 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 1 |
What, if anything, is wrong with taking advantage of people's unjust circumstances when they both benefit from and consent to the exchange? The answer, some believe, is that such exchanges are wrongfully exploitative. I argue that this answer is incomplete at best, and I elaborate a different one: to take advantage of injustice is to become complicit in its reproduction. I also argue that the case for third-party interference with mutually beneficial and consensual exchanges, while normally considered weak, is strengthened once these exchanges are understood as implicated in broader unjust structures
Business · Epistemology · Injustice · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |