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The term "ethical consumerism" is unfortunate, because it contains the word "consumerism", whose meaning has gained negative connotations. A frequent alternate
by temp-dude-87844 6y ago
The term "ethical consumerism" is unfortunate, because it contains the word "consumerism", whose meaning has gained negative connotations. A frequent alternate term for the concept is "ethical consumption", which sidesteps the unintended value judgments that some people hear in the other term.
- mc32 6y agoThat works for me. “Consumerism” is unfortunate in that it carries baggage, intended and maybe unintended because it’s used to describe people’s attitude towards their buying habits in a negative light. Often this is rightly pointed out —cheap disposable things which can have upstream and downstream impacts that often offer poor long-term value to the buyer.
- dvtrn 6y agoI like “ethical consumption” for the reasons given, had not yet been exposed to this particular framing. Thank you.