1st Edition
Political Responsibility for Climate Change Ethical Institutions and Fact-Sensitive Theory
By Theresa Scavenius
Copyright 2020
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book offers new perspectives on how social and political institutions can respond more effectively to climate change. Theresa Scavenius presents a concept of moral responsibility that does not address the obligations of individual citizens, but instead assesses the moral responsibility of institutionalised actors, such as governments, parliaments, and other governmental agencies. This... Read more
Introduction Part 1. Fact-Sensitivity and Normativity 1. Fact-Sensitive Political Theory 2. The Indeterminacy Challenge 3. Fact-Sensitive Ought-Judgements Part 2. Fitness Conditions of Moral Responsibility 4. Fitness Conditions of Rational Agency 5. Fitness Conditions of Group Agency 6. Control Conditions and Democratic Climate Governance Part 3. Moral Responsibility for Climate Change 7. Collective Responsibility 8. Moral Excuse and Democratic Citizens 9. Collective Responsibility and Democratic Institutions
Biography
Theresa Scavenius is an Associate Professor in the Department of Planning, University of Aalborg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
