Trade justice and individual consumption choices: Adam Smith's spectator theory and the moral constitution of the fair trade consumer

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-288

  Watson, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adam Smith; Beneficence; Fair trade; Impartial spectator; Justice; Sympathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247648573     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: 14603713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066107076957     Document Type: Article

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