Graduation Year
2020
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Philosophy
Second Department
Environmental Analysis
Reader 1
Rivka Weinberg
Reader 2
Julie Tannenbaum
Reader 3
Susan Phillips
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Eva N Wertimer
Abstract
This thesis explores the connections between philosophical and colloquial accounts of exploitation and the term's application to the United States agricultural industry. The first portion of this thesis examines the history of Mexican farm work in the U.S. in conjunction with trends in the firsthand accounts of farmworkers. By examining historical and current accounts of farmworker's experiences, I point towards their rampant mistreatment throughout the agricultural industry. In the philosophy portion of the thesis, I assess three different accounts of exploitation, to create my own definition, wherein I claim exploitation is always wrong. I then synthesis the two chapters, arguing that farmworkers are wrongfully exploited, and this exploitation cannot be justified through mutual gain.
Recommended Citation
Wertimer, Eva N., "An Examination of the Wrongful Exploitation of Mexican Farmworkers in the United States" (2020). Scripps Senior Theses. 1559.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1559
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
