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The regulation of harm in international trade: a critique of James's Collective Due Care principle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

Christian Barry
Christian Barry*
Affiliation:
School of Philosophy, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Room 1110, Coombs Building (9), Canberra, ACT0200, Australia
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*Email: christian.barry@anu.edu.au
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Abstract

In his important recent book, Aaron James has defended a principle – Collective Due Care – for determining when a form of economic integration is morally objectionable because it causes unjustified harm (including unemployment, wage suppression and diminished working conditions). This essay argues that Collective Due Care would yield implausible judgements about trade practices and would be too indeterminate to play the practical role for which it is intended.

Keywords

fairnessharminternational tradejustice
Type
Author meets Critic
Information
Canadian Journal of Philosophy , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 255 - 263
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Journal of Philosophy 2014

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References

James, Aaron. 2012. Fairness in Practice: A Social Contract for a Global Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar