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Still, it is unclear whether ethical consumerism is an effective means of reform. For it to be successful, it must take the form of collective action—while individual protest may do little to affect a corporation’s practices, an organized, widespread boycott can have a major impact, as shown by the public campaign that triggered Starbucks’ shift to “fair trade” coffee...
There are various ways of addressing this concern, some philosophical and some pragmatic. On the philosophical end, one might question whether we ought to accept the “self-interest” model of rational choice foisted upon us by economists. After all, protest only seems irrational when “success” is so individualistically defined. On the pragmatic end, the public relations victories that human rights advocates are winning serve as evidence that one will not be alone in making ethical decisions and hence that such efforts at bringing about change need not be totally...
...Ethical consumerism is not by itself sufficient, but that does not provide an excuse to not hold ourselves to such standards when possible (another serious deficiency of ethical consumerism is that it is primarily a luxury of the wealthy, but that is another discussion). In addition, one must simultaneously protest the current system more generally by demanding serious systematic reform at the local, national, and global levels...
...merely highlights his inherent racism. Tolerance is obviously absent in Kavulla’s vision of world affairs which is why he fails to understand the severity of these images for Muslims across the globe. As he correctly states, the offensive images did not warrant firebombing and violent protest, but neither has their publication encouraged intelligent debate, perhaps the only worthy justification for such an intentional act of offense. BEN A. MORETON Cambridge, Mass. February...
...addition to the Capitol Hill protest, five mainline Christian denominations issued a joint-statement, and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference launched an ad-campaign asking Christians to lobby against the bill. Despite all of this opposition from a diverse array of religious groups, many self-declared Christian politicians went ahead and voted for this bill, showing that they were at best misguided in their faith and at worse disingenuous...