What is true about advertising?
Answer
a. A deceptive ad will generally be deemed to be illegal pursuant to FTC legal standards as well as immoral pursuant to Kantian ethics.
b. A "half-truth" ad will always be legal and moral since something is only missing, and no intentional affirmative misrepresentation is made.
c. Suggestive ads are always illegal and immoral since they are clearly deceitful, coercive, and manipulative.
d. Companies and advertisers today need not worry at all about any socially responsible aspects to advertising, since, so long as the ads are not outright falsehoods and lies, they will not be called into account.