Exploitation in the face of justice

Authors

  • Andrzej Stoiński University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Philosophy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1899-2226.20.6.07

Keywords:

ethics, justice, exploitation

Abstract

The paper refers to selected issues of exploitation in the face of justice. The analysis is based on the definitions of exploitation contained in the Polish Penal and Civil Codes. The main goal is the identification of the necessary and sufficient conditions for the recognition of exploitation as being unjust. A supplementary question will refer to a specific type of justice which should be considered in this case. In this respect, we should consider retributive, distributive and social justice. Another important factor in this regard is the accepted theory of value. In the presented considerations, we will focus on the labour theory of value. The principal issue can be expressed by the questions whether exploitation is ipso facto unjust and how the phenomena of exploitation and justice are related to each other.

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Published

2019-02-22

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Stoiński, A. (2019). Exploitation in the face of justice. Annales. Ethics in Economic Life, 20(6), 99–110. https://doi.org/10.18778/1899-2226.20.6.07

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