http://www.globalethics.org/newsline/2010/03/01/counterfeit-self/ A weekly digest of worldwide ethics news Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:30:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.globalethics.org/newsline/2010/03/01/counterfeit-self/comment-page-1/#comment-2448 Joseph Kamenju Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:36:17 +0000 http://www.globalethics.org/newsline/?p=10851#comment-2448 A most relieving study. Could it explain that the moral poverty in Africa may have something to do with the prevalence of cheap dumped second-hand clothing and counterfeit products there? A most relieving study. Could it explain that the moral poverty in Africa may have something to do with the prevalence of cheap dumped second-hand clothing and counterfeit products there?

]]> http://www.globalethics.org/newsline/2010/03/01/counterfeit-self/comment-page-1/#comment-2437 Joshua Jones Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:53:17 +0000 http://www.globalethics.org/newsline/?p=10851#comment-2437 This is a fascinating study, and very revealing. I wonder, though, if the causation might be slightly different than postulated. Could it be true that wearing fakes leads the wearer to a sense of themselves that they either aren't *worth* the "real thing", or that they just can't afford it. Either way, the wearers of counterfeit clothing may internalize a sense of not being good enough. Could it be that it is this sense of inadequacy, rather than of inauthenticity, that leads to failures in moral judgement? Perhaps people who are treated as "phonies" internalize this, and expecting to be scammed, scam others first... This is a fascinating study, and very revealing. I wonder, though, if the causation might be slightly different than postulated. Could it be true that wearing fakes leads the wearer to a sense of themselves that they either aren’t *worth* the “real thing”, or that they just can’t afford it. Either way, the wearers of counterfeit clothing may internalize a sense of not being good enough.
Could it be that it is this sense of inadequacy, rather than of inauthenticity, that leads to failures in moral judgement? Perhaps people who are treated as “phonies” internalize this, and expecting to be scammed, scam others first…

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