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    Tourism Ethics: The Nature of Politics and Economics

    Learning Objectives: Discuss the appeal of profit through outlining the evolution of Trade and Cooperation Understand the role of politics, power and capitalism as a means of ethics Understand the tourism developments and its impacts on ethics Consider social status and consumption as a means to ethics Possible exam questions

    Introduction
    Profit a central part of the human condition Effective in all cultures and societies Historically Barter trade, Greek Empire (first coin) Tourism government preference for economic gain Corruption Money can often be a cause for poor ethics

    The Evolution of Trade and Cooperation


    Politics

    to society is a social manipulation to secure and keep influential positions (de Waal, 1989)
    My leader is the chimp who gives me food

    Altruistic

    However,

    sometimes favors are done in return for a favor in the future (reciprocal altruism)

    Tracking history:
    Historically

    the leader was he who found the most food (BC) Than came he who managed the most land (crusades and empires) What about today???

    Trade
    Developed

    through

    Enlarging markets (e.g. wine, olive oil, silk route, spice route, spice route) Division of labor Education and training for the workforce Higher populated areas were more accustomed to trade

    Hence

    why do we not follow sustainable tourism?


    Today the world is a broad economic system

    Politics, power and capitalism


    The

    West grew rich because prices were set on the basis of justice Latter prices were set on supply and demand causing a question of ethics (the rich could have it, but the poor had to do with out) This was against Christian religion Wealth of nations became apparent

    New

    extensions to this such interest on credit given were also a cause of ethical question?

    Poverty would be apparent Inequality Competition Private property Wage labor ..values, morals changed

    Quote from McChesney? Capitalism benefits from having a formally democratic system, but capitalism works best when elites make most fundamental decisions and the bulk of the population is depoliticized (1999)

    Tourism and Development

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