The informative and persuasive functions of advertising: A moral appraisal — A further comment

This paper argues that product and advertisement are neither completely dependent nor completely independent. The advertisement of a bad product cannot be good. The advertisement of a good product is not necessarily good. In the case where consumer sovereignty cannot be assumed, the goodness of an a...

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Main Author: Lee, Kam-Hon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 1987
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 1987, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-57
Further subjects:B Good Product
B Individual Autonomy
B Consumer Sovereignty
B Moral Appraisal
B Economic Growth
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Summary:This paper argues that product and advertisement are neither completely dependent nor completely independent. The advertisement of a bad product cannot be good. The advertisement of a good product is not necessarily good. In the case where consumer sovereignty cannot be assumed, the goodness of an advertisement depends solely on the goodness of the product. In the case where consumer sovereignty can be assumed, the goodness of an advertisement depends first on whether the product is good, and if so, whether the advertisement preserves individual autonomy.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF00382948