Philosophy 2074F/G Lecture Notes - Product Liability, Caveat Emptor, Market Failure
2 Apr 2014
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Altruism: won"t work/agree with the marketing theories machan talks about, because all altruistic people cares about is the others. First point: kant would agree with machan despite with egoism. If i as the seller, will obligations to do more, and disclosing more, i"ll so to speak taking over your responsibility. Kant suggests that there is a issue of autonomy involved. Kant would ask you to treat with a perso n as a meaning not an end, and the idea of universalization. Therefore, machan is suggesting that the seller is robbing the autonomy of customers. Rather than all that happening, the absense of the information is actually robbing the autonomy of the customers. When you know to make a custo mer making a purchase, you have to provide such information, but actually was not providing the information. If not, you are actually robbing the autonomy of the customer.
