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This 5 page paper evaluates the argument that Nestle is wrong in marketing its formula because in the end, third world babies will suffer. Some evidence that formula distribution ends in the death of third world infants is presented with reliance on a case submitted by a student. Arguments are made from Kantian, Rawlsian and utilitarian perspectives. No bibliography.
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infant was unable to be breast-fed. Although breast-feeding is natural, there are cases when an infant is allergic, the mother is unable to nurse the baby for any number of
reasons and so forth. During 1860, when the Nestle company created the special formula for one special baby who could not be nursed naturally, most babies were not accessing man-made
formulas to feed. While the endeavor started quite innocently, and one must give Nestle kudos for helping in this situation, the company found that infant formula could be marketed for
all babies. Fast forward to today, and one sees that women have a choice to breast or bottle feed. Many choose the latter or they at least wean their babies
from the breast at a rather early age. In any event, in the case study, the problem is that in 1970, it was suggested that Nestle was profiting at the
expense of third world mothers. While breast-feeding is best, many women of the third world are given infant formula almost automatically through a variety of programs. However, this cost donors
money. In the end, Nestle profits and babies are fed a less nutritious food. Not only that, but according to the case study, many infants actually died as a result
because the women could not properly store the man-made food. Here, the moral dilemma at hand seems to be the fact that while Nestle manufactures the product, and distributes
it as necessary, it also markets in such a way as to promote bottle over breast feeding. According to the case study, Nestle claims that it does not do this.
Although the details of the case are numerous, a student writing on this subject will want to simplify the problem, and look to the fact that what Nestle did was
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