TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hassoun, Nicole
T1  - Fair trade: an imperfect obligation?
T2  - Global justice : theory, practice, rhetoric
N2  - Fair Trade is under fire. Some critics argue, for instance, that there is no obligation to purchase Fair Trade certified products and that doing so may even be counter-productive. Others worry that well-justified conceptions of what makes trade fair can conflict. Yet others suggest that the common arguments for Fair Trade cannot justify purchasing Fair Trade certified goods, in particular. This paper starts by sketching one common argument for Fair Trade and defends it against this last line of criticism. In particular, it argues that we should purchase Fair Trade certified goods because doing so benefits the poor even though there are other ways to alleviate poverty. It then considers how other common arguments for Fair Trade fare in light of similar criticism and concludes that they may well succeed.
KW  - fair trade
KW  - poverty
KW  - exploitation
KW  - imperfect duty
KW  - consequentialism
Y1  - 2018
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/60909
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-609099
SN  - 1835-6842
VL  - 10
IS  - 2
SP  - 87
EP  - 101
PB  - The Global Justice Network
ER  -