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Feasibility, normative heuristics and the proper place of historical responsibility—a reply to Ohndorf et al

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  • Fabian Schuppert

    (Queen’s University Belfast)

  • Christian Seidel

    (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU))

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In this comment, we pick up three points raised by Ohndorf et al. (Clim Chang 133:385–395, 2015) in their reply to our ethical assessment of the German Advisory Council’s Budget Approach (WBGUBA). First, we discuss and clarify the relationship between ethics and political feasibility, highlighting that the way Ohndorf et al. use feasibility creates an unwarranted status quo bias. Second, we explain the proper place historical responsibility should have within the WBGUBA, stressing the fact that the reasons why we choose one policy proposal over another matter. Third, we analyze the limited extent to which a normative heuristic should motivate an ethically ambitious policy proposal like the WBGUBA.

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  • Fabian Schuppert & Christian Seidel, 2017. "Feasibility, normative heuristics and the proper place of historical responsibility—a reply to Ohndorf et al," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 140(2), pages 101-107, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:climat:v:140:y:2017:i:2:d:10.1007_s10584-016-1861-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1861-4
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    1. Markus Ohndorf & Julia Blasch & Renate Schubert, 2015. "Emission budget approaches for burden sharing: some thoughts from an environmental economics point of view," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 133(3), pages 385-395, December.
    2. Fabian Schuppert & Christian Seidel, 2015. "Equality, justice and feasibility: an ethical analysis of the WBGU’s budget approach," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 133(3), pages 397-406, December.
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