Ethical Aspects of Climate Engineering

This study investigates the ethical aspects of deploying and researching into so-called climate engineering methods, i.e. large-scale technical interventions in the climate system with the objective of offsetting anthropogenic climate change. The moral reasons in favour of and against R&D into and d...

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Hauptverfasser: Betz, Gregor, Cacean, Sebastian
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description This study investigates the ethical aspects of deploying and researching into so-called climate engineering methods, i.e. large-scale technical interventions in the climate system with the objective of offsetting anthropogenic climate change. The moral reasons in favour of and against R&D into and deployment of CE methods are analysed by means of argument maps. These argument maps provide an overview of the CE controversy and help to structure the complex debate. Arguments covered in this analysis include: The central justification of R&D; side-effects of R&D and of deployment; lesser-evil argumentation; two-degree target argumentation; efficiency and feasibility considerations; arguments from ethics of risk; arguments from fairness; geo-political objections; critique of technology and civilization; religious, existentialist, and environmental-ethics arguments; alternative justifications of R&D; lack of R&D alternatives; direct justifications of R&D prohibition; priority of mitigation policies.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-855632024-04-09T11:41:03Z Ethical Aspects of Climate Engineering Betz, Gregor Cacean, Sebastian climate engineering geoengineering climate ethics argument map thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment This study investigates the ethical aspects of deploying and researching into so-called climate engineering methods, i.e. large-scale technical interventions in the climate system with the objective of offsetting anthropogenic climate change. The moral reasons in favour of and against R&D into and deployment of CE methods are analysed by means of argument maps. These argument maps provide an overview of the CE controversy and help to structure the complex debate. Arguments covered in this analysis include: The central justification of R&D; side-effects of R&D and of deployment; lesser-evil argumentation; two-degree target argumentation; efficiency and feasibility considerations; arguments from ethics of risk; arguments from fairness; geo-political objections; critique of technology and civilization; religious, existentialist, and environmental-ethics arguments; alternative justifications of R&D; lack of R&D alternatives; direct justifications of R&D prohibition; priority of mitigation policies. 2022-07-01T16:02:31Z 2022-07-01T16:02:31Z 2012 book ONIX_20220701_9782821874343_1036 9782821874343 9783866448568 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/85563 eng KIT Scientific Publishing image/png n/a https://books.openedition.org/ksp/1780 KIT Scientific Publishing 68fffc18-8f7b-44fa-ac7e-0b7d7d979bd2 9782821874343 9783866448568 VII-158 Karlsruhe open access
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Ethical Aspects of Climate Engineering
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