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Climate change, intergenerational justice, and the non-identity effect

Name: Climate change, intergenerational justice, and the non-identity effect
Creator: Bontly, Thomas D.
Keywords: future, non-identity problem, 0603 philosophy, ethics and religion, living conditions, Gerechtigkeit, Climate change; Non-identity problem; Intergenerational justice, Philosophy, Ethics, Religion, Generationenverhältnis, Political science, Philosophie, Theologie

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Jan 2019 English Publisher:Intergenerational Justice ReviewJournal:Intergenerational Justice Review (issn: 2190-6335,

Authors: Bontly, Thomas D.;

doi: 10.24357/igjr.5.2.788

Climate change, intergenerational justice, and the non-identity effect

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Do we owe it to future generations, as a requirement of justice, to take action to mitigate anthropogenic climate change? This paper examines the implications of Derek Parfit’s notorious non-identity problem for that question. An argument from Jörg Tremmel that the non-identity effect of climate policy is “insignificant” is examined and found wanting, and a contrastive, difference-making approach for comparing different choices’ non-identity effects is developed. Using the approach, it is argued that the non-identity effect of a given policy response to climate change depends on the contrasting policy. Compared to a baseline scenario without further mitigation, the non-identity effect of choosing to limit climate change to 1.5°C would be highly significant.

Intergenerational Justice Review, Vol 5, No 2 (2019): The scope of the non-identity problem

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Keywords

future, non-identity problem, living conditions, Gerechtigkeit, Climate change; Non-identity problem; Intergenerational justice, Philosophy, Ethics, Religion, Generationenverhältnis, Political science, Philosophie, Theologie, Klimawandel, Zukunft, intergenerational justice, K1-7720, Intergenerational relations, morality, Philosophie, Moral, justice, non-identity problem; intergenerational justice, J, Philosophy, climate change, Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence, Lebensbedingungen, ddc: ddc:100

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