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Climate change, human rights and the problem of motivation

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Bourban, Michel (2014) Climate change, human rights and the problem of motivation. De Ethica, 1 (1). pp. 37-52. doi:10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.141137 ISSN 2001-8819.

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Abstract

In this paper, I discuss some of the human rights that are threatened by the impact of global warming and the problem of motivation to comply with the duties of climate justice. I explain in what sense human rights can be violated by climate change and try to show that there are not only moral reasons to address this problem, but also more prudential motives, which I refer to as quasi-moral and non-moral reasons. I also assess some implications of potentially catastrophic impacts driven by this ecological issue. My aim is to locate, by outlining a normative perspective based on sound empirical findings, urgent climate injustices, and explain why well-off citizens in developed countries have strong reasons to avert the potentially massive violation of the rights of present and future victims of climate change.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Q Science > QC Physics
T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Climatic changes , Climatic changes -- Political aspects, Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on , Climatic changes -- Moral and ethical aspects, Environmental responsibility, Environmental ethics, Climate change mitigation
Journal or Publication Title: De Ethica
Publisher: Linköping University Electronic Press
ISSN: 2001-8819
Official Date: 31 March 2014
Dates:
DateEvent
31 March 2014Published
31 March 2014Accepted
Volume: 1
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 37-52
DOI: 10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.141137
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 19 November 2020
Date of first compliant Open Access: 19 November 2020

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