Consumers possess an intellectual and moral right to complete information about product origins, labor conditions, and environmental impact before purchase.
Sor Juana's fierce defense of the right to knowledge extends directly to ethical consumption: we cannot make just choices without understanding what we purchase. She believed ignorance was neither innocence nor virtue—it was intellectual negligence. In her tradition, demanding transparency from corporations becomes an act of intellectual courage. Ethical consumption requires we ask the hard questions: Who made this? Under what conditions? At what cost? This mirrors Sor Juana's insistence on rigorous inquiry into all domains of life. Just as she challenged religious and political authorities to justify their claims, we must demand that brands justify their practices. The right to know is foundational—without it, consumption cannot be truly ethical, only accidentally so.
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