Advertising pervades our daily lives to a increasingly stifling degree. With so much time, effort, and money invested in aggressively bombarding us with ads, we often feel at the mercy of marketers, unable to critically analyze the messages aimed at our conscious and unconscious brains. What are the various ways advertisers appeal to us to get us to buy (or vote for) their products? What (if any) ethical considerations should limit the lengths to which advertisers are able to go? In his article from The Atlantic, Michael Sandel laments the dangers of a market society. Do you agree with his concerns?
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