BARGAIN AWAY!(Ethical Dilemma)

• Author: Appiah, Kwame Anthony

That's how prices are set, and no sane seller starts with the price she wants to get. Indeed, trade is enlivened, in part, by the fact that each sale is a negotiation. Life would be as dull as a supermarket checkout line otherwise. It's also a little condescending to think that people will take a price they think is exploitative. The seller gets the money she wanted and hands over the goods she was trying to...