Philosophy 2080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Reverse Discrimination, Equal Protection Clause, Equal Opportunity
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The expression of commercial products, for companies it"s a bit of a mind field in regard to what they are doing in advertising and also the imprint they leave mentally or physically on the consumer landscape. Judges agree that parliament should be referred to (section 1 of oakes test) There is no definitive ruling in this particular case: what"s important is that there is high possibility of health risks to those who use tobacco products. People are free to inform themselves as to whether it would be in there well-being to smoke or not: raises the issue of advertising in billions of dollars. The need for iphones/cellphones was created: advertising creates needs when needs did not exist before. When you buy a product you buy it for its utilitarian value or because you see it being associated with people you would like to be associated with.