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Commercial boycotting and conscientious breach of contract
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Mills, Chris and Saprai, Prince (2019) Commercial boycotting and conscientious breach of contract. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 36 (4). pp. 575-591. doi:10.1111/japp.12315 ISSN 0264-3758.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/japp.12315
Abstract
In this article we argue that commercial boycotting is not an uncontested economic right. Rather, the practice of boycotting often requires further moral justification. We argue that this justification should not rely solely on the consequences of boycotting, nor should it rely solely on the complicity of the consumer. We suggest that both justifications are subject to pressing objections. In light of these objections, we outline an alternative non‐consequentialist justification of commercial boycotting that is grounded in the moral values of conscience and personal integrity. We then explore the scope of this justification in the legal realm. We focus on cases where consumers lack freedom of exchange due to their contractual obligations and conclude by defending a qualified legal right to breach contracts on conscientious grounds.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Boycotts -- Moral and ethical aspects, Consumers -- Attitudes | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Applied Philosophy | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0264-3758 | ||||||||
Official Date: | August 2019 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 36 | ||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 575-591 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/japp.12315 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 3 August 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 15 May 2020 |
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