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Exploitation
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It is commonly thought that exploitation is unjust; some think it is part of the very meaning of the word ‘exploitation’ that it is unjust. Those who think this will suppose that the just society has to be one in which people do not exploit one another, at least on a large scale. I will argue that exploitation is not unjust by definition, and that a society (such as our own) might be fundamentally just while nevertheless being pervasively exploitative. I do think that exploitation is nearly always a bad thing, and wul try to identify the moral belief which makes most of us think it is. But I will argue that its badness does not always consist in its being unjust.
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“exploiting X involves 1) taking advantage of X ' s vulnerability to 2) advance one ' s own ends 3) in a way that disrespects X.”
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“For an act of exploitation to be a wrongful kind, it must involve disrespect toward the object of exploitation (Arnold, 2010; Wood, 1995).”
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“Wood (1995) holds that exploitation involves taking advantage of a person ' s vulnerability to advance one ' s own ends.”
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- Authors
- Wood, A. W.
- Affiliations
- Cornell University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wood, Allen W.
- Venue
- Social Philosophy and Policy
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1995
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 136-158
- ISSN
- 0265-0525 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-6437
- OpenAlex
- W3152003950
- Semantic Scholar
- d9a9b9f011334e95940a6e2208529ec2699ee4d0
- Cited by
- 113
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 2.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Philosophy and Policy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Theory and Philosophy
- Keywords
- exploitation, justice, just society, moral badness, distributive justice
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