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Environmental Values 20 (2011): 163-188. doi: 10.3197/096327111X12997574391689
ABSTRACT
The Royal Society's landmark report on geoengineering is predicated on a particular account of the context and rationale for intentional manipulation of the climate system, and this ethical framework probably explains many of the Society's conclusions. Critical reflection on the report's values is useful for understanding disagreements within and about geoengineering policy, and also for identifying questions for early ethical analysis. Topics discussed include the moral hazard argument, governance, the ethical status of geoengineering under different rationales, the implications of understanding geoengineering as a consequence of wider moral failure, and ethical resistance to invasive interventions in environmental systems.
KEYWORDS
Intentional climate change, political legitimacy, justice, solar radiation management, carbon dioxide removal
REFERENCES to other articles in Environmental Values:
A Perfect Moral Storm: Climate Change, Intergenerational Ethics and the Problem of Moral Corruption. Stephen M. Gardner
Remediation and Respect: Do Remediation Technologies Alter Our Responsibility?. Benjamin Hale and W.P. Grundy
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Editorial: Terrible Economics, Ecosystems and Banking. Clive L. Spash
Re-Thinking the Unthinkable: Environmental Ethics and the Presumptive Argument Against Geoengineering Christopher J. Preston
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