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A Perfect Moral Storm: Climate Change, Intergenerational Ethics and the Problem of Moral Corruption1

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  • Stephen M. Gardiner

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The peculiar features of the climate change problem pose substantial obstacles to our ability to make the hard choices necessary to address it. Climate change involves the convergence of a set of global, intergenerational and theoretical problems. This convergence justifies calling it a ‘perfect moral storm’. One consequence of this storm is that, even if the other difficult ethical questions surrounding climate change could be answered, we might still find it difficult to act. For the storm makes us extremely vulnerable to moral corruption.

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  • Stephen M. Gardiner, 2006. "A Perfect Moral Storm: Climate Change, Intergenerational Ethics and the Problem of Moral Corruption1," Environmental Values, , vol. 15(3), pages 397-413, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envval:v:15:y:2006:i:3:p:397-413
    DOI: 10.3197/096327106778226293
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    1. Michael S. Carolan, 2008. "The Multidimensionality of Environmental Problems: The GMO Controversy and the Limits of Scientific Materialism," Environmental Values, , vol. 17(1), pages 67-82, February.
    2. Richard S.J. Tol, 2008. "Why Worry about Climate Change? A Research Agenda," Transfer: Environmental Values, , vol. 17(4), pages 437-470, November.
    3. Marc D. Davidson, 2008. "Wrongful Harm to Future Generations: The Case of Climate Change," Environmental Values, , vol. 17(4), pages 471-488, November.
    4. Joerg Chet Tremmel, 2013. "Climate Change and Political Philosophy: Who Owes What to Whom?," Environmental Values, , vol. 22(6), pages 725-749, December.

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