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- - - - doctrine of double effect
      - The presents of LULU's lower property value, people who can afford to move do, people who cant afford homes in better areas move in
    - - We know that POC are paid inequitable leading to economic disparities
    - - beyond arguing about how great or small the impacts of racism on POC
      - Distributive Justice : the fair allocation of resources, benefits, and burdens
  - - - exceptions
        
        inheritance/gifts : benefit owed to those who choose to give the money
        
        tax money : used to insure public safety and promote the economy
    - - unless they do not meet the principle because the burden is put off on someone else
  - - - using this idea to further the capitalistic market, but the benefits begin to be undermined by the burden, unless the consumer doesn't face the burden
  - - - all burdens imposed by other people are unjustified unless part of or consequent upon, agreement by the party being burdened" P. 600
      - flaw : the way we produce things creates pollutants, and it would be impossible to come to an agreement with every individual
    - - the greater good, but what is good and how do we decide what is the greater good
      - how do we weigh the benefits and the consequences
    - - communities acting as corporations community members have control
      - "the major problem with the free market approach is that it fails to accord equal consideration to everyone's interests" p. 601
    - - "economist's version of utilitarianism, where the sum to be maximized is society's wealth, as measured in monetary units, instead of happiness" p. 602
        
        similar flaws to utilitarianism but questions of what is societal wealth. Is that shared wealth, or just wealthy groups
        
        also has the downfall of the free market approach, and poor communities would still see the greatest impacts of LULU's
- - - - laid the foundation for Environmental justice and the need for better data
  - - - 1983 GAO report found correlation between hazardous wast sites and race/economic status p.2
      - 1987 & 1994 UCC reports found increased burden on POC over time
    - - its not just an economic thing
  - - - "Housing segregation, the influence of race in local zoning practices, and infrastructure development all contribute to this disparity. Federal agencies, notably the Federal Housing Authority and the Veterans Administration, had practices that supported or fostered housing segregation" p.3
      - "While many point to racial segregation in housing and race-conscious land-use and zoning policies as factors contributing to disparities in the distribution of environmental burdens, others explain the disparities by examining market forces." p. 3
    - - "While zoning and planning are state and local concerns, federal agencies could assist in reducing the disparities resulting from zoning and land-use policies by requiring local land-use authorities to incorporate and implement the concept of environmental justice in the zoning and land-use policies as a prerequisite for receiving federal funding. NAPA supports this approach" p.3
      - industrial zoning in minority areas leads to declining property values and displacment, makeing them targets for waste facilities
    - - predominantly white, older, professional men which lacks the representation of the community
      - market dynamic claims people choose to live closer to pollution sites because of the cost, but reports have shown that the minority communities where already there before the placement of the pollution