Geoengineering the climate and ethical challenges: what we can learn from moral emotions and art
| Autor: | Neelke Doorn, Sabine Roeser, Behnam Taebi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Sociology and Political Science
media_common.quotation_subject emotions 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Geoengineering Economic Justice 050602 political science & public administration Sociology Adaptation (computer science) climate Legitimacy art risk media_common business.industry 05 social sciences Environmental ethics 06 humanities and the arts Deliberation ethics 0506 political science Philosophy Software deployment 060302 philosophy Moral emotions business Autonomy |
| Zdroj: | Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 23(5) |
| ISSN: | 1743-8772 1369-8230 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13698230.2020.1694225 |
| Popis: | Climate change is an urgent problem, requiring ways and approaches to address it. Possible solutions are mitigation, adaptation and deployment of geoengineering. In this article we argue that geoengineering gives rise to ethical challenges of its own. Reflecting on these ethical challenges requires approaches that go beyond conventional, quantitative methods of risk assessment. Quantitative methods leave out important ethical considerations such as justice, fairness, autonomy and legitimacy. We argue that emotions and art can play an important role in ethical deliberation about geoengineering. Emotions can point out what morally matters. We also examine the role that works of art can play. Recently, artists have become involved with risky technologies. We argue that such artworks can contribute to emotional-moral reflection and public deliberation on geoengineering, by making abstract problems more concrete, letting us broaden narrow personal perspectives, exploring new scenarios, and challenging our imagination. |
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