Ann Cudd and Matt Zwolinski

Ann Cudd (left) and Matt Zwolinski (right) on exploitation and oppression.



The NYT reports that some low-wage South African workers were recently angered when their factory was shut down for violation of minimum wage laws. Are such workers exploited by their employers? Do they constitute an oppressed group? To address such questions, Cudd and Zwolinski examine the concepts of exploitation and oppression. They consider whether mutually beneficial exploitation might sometimes be morally justifiable, and how much we must be willing to sacrifice in order to resist oppressive institutions, among other issues.

Related works

by Cudd:

with Nancy Holmstrom: Capitalism, For and Against: A Feminist Debate (forthcoming)

Analyzing Oppression (2006)

“How to Explain Oppression” (2005)

by Zwolinski:

“Price Gouging and Market Failure” (forthcoming)

“Price Gouging, Non-Worseness, and Distributive Justice” (2009)

“The Ethics of Price Gouging” (2008)

“Sweatshops, Choice, and Exploitation” (2007)

See also:

Gender, Race, and Philosophy Symposium on Analyzing Oppression (2009)

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