PHIL 2380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bottled Water, Life-Cycle Assessment, Blood Donation
14 Mar 2016
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1800s: scale of water began with spa waters. 1970: expansion of international brands of water into consumer markets. Life cycle analysis: rigorous analysis of the environmental impacts of a product, service, or object from its point of manufacture all the way to its disposal as waste; also known as cradle-to-grave assessment. Desalinization: technology that removes salts and other minerals from water, especially sea water; prohibitively expensive in most contexts, current techniques are high in energy demand. 3 possible explanation for the rising sales of bottled water. 2. solution to problem of water scarcity easier to transport. Rational response to declining water quality people feel safer drinking it: artificial market engineering for profit (advertising essential minerals in bottled water) Bottled water appears to be a marketer"s dream. Perhaps some things simply should not be bought or sold. Assert that the market is problematic when it deals with certain goods. Injustices from market transactions that take place under dire circumstances.
