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    It is not the case that Sweatshop wages are not too low

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    • 1.The baseline of 'prevailing local wages' can itself reflect unjust structural conditions, making it an invalid benchmark for fair compensation.
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    • 2.Rawlsian justice requires evaluating wages against what workers would accept under fair background conditions, not under conditions of severe inequality.
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    • 3.When workers' only alternatives are subsistence farming or informal labor due to historical exploitation, 'voluntary choice' cannot confer moral legitimacy on low wages.
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    • 1.Kant's humanity formulation prohibits using persons merely as means, and wages set at subsistence level instrumentalize workers as cost inputs rather than ends in themselves.
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    • 2.A wage that cannot sustain basic human dignity fails the threshold condition for just compensation regardless of its market competitiveness.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Sweatshop wages, while low by developed-country standards, meet or exceed prevailing wages in the countries where sweatshops operate
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    • 2.Workers choose to work in sweatshops because sweatshop employment is the best offer available to them
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