SWEATSHOP LABOR

Find one journal article on sweatshop labor, summarize the article, and then critically evaluate the author’s view. The journal must be a peer-reviewed philosophy journal, and the paper must be on a philosophical issue related to sweatshop labor. Papers can be found on the Philosopher’s Index, which is located on the library’s webiste. Your summary should include a statement of the author’s thesis, as well as any arguments she gives in defense of this thesis. In your critical evaluation YOU MUST CRITICIZE THE AUTHOR’S VIEW. Even if you agree with the author, I would like you to raise one objection to her view. Your papers should be 3-5 pages typed, double-spaced. You should cite the paper that you use, but please feel free to use any format you would like. Also discuss some of the moral aspects of sweatshop labor

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The author of the article, “Sweatshops, Choice, and Exploitation,” brings forth his argument that sweatshop workers accept to work in harsh conditions at free will (Zwolinski, 2007). From the author’s findings, he establishes that the workers do not have full voluntary consent about the working conditions and this makes them opt for such jobs. According to the author, the government and economists should not boycott or restrict people from working in sweatshops since their input is for the better good. Therefore, the primary objective of the author is to establish how the choices of the sweatshop workers are morally transformative…

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