:How should consumers exercise their basic economic powers? Recently, several authors have argued that consumption to bring about social change must be democratic. Others maintain that we may consume in ways that we believe promote positive change. This paper rejects both accounts and provides a new alternative. It argues that, under just institutions, people may consume as they like as long as they respect the institutions’ rules. Absent just institutions, significant moral constraints on consumption exist. Still, it is permissible, if not obligatory, for people to pursue non-democratic, genuinely positive, change within whatever moral constraints exist.

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消费与社会变迁

:消费者应该如何行使基本经济权力？最近，几位作者认为，要带来社会变革的消费必须是民主的。其他人则认为，我们可能会以我们认为会促进积极变化的方式消费。本文拒绝了这两种说法，并提供了一种新的选择。它认为，在公正的制度下，人们可以随心所欲地消费，只要他们尊重制度的规则。缺乏公正的制度，就存在着对消费的重大道德约束。尽管如此，即使不是强制性的，人们也可以在存在的任何道德约束下追求非民主的、真正积极的变革。