Carbon Leakage and the Argument from No Difference
| Autor: | Matthew Rendall |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Carbon leakage
Climate ethics over-determination jel:D63 consequentialism Compensation (psychology) Appeal Climate change carbon leakage consequentialism over-determination jel:D46 Excuse Philosophy Harm Argument Consequentialism Economics Climate change jel:Q25 carbon leakage General Environmental Science Law and economics |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Values. 24:535-552 |
| ISSN: | 0963-2719 1752-7015 |
| Popis: | Critics of carbon mitigation often appeal to what Jonathan Glover has called 'the argument from no difference': that is, 'if I don't do it, someone else will'. Yet even if this justifies continued high emissions by the industrialised countries, it cannot excuse business as usual. The North's emissions might not harm the victims of climate change in the sense of making them worse off than they would otherwise be. Nevertheless, it receives benefits produced at the latter's expense. This enrichment is unjust; unjustly-enriched agents ought to make compensation. The best form of compensation is vigorous action against climate change. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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