Responding to the Injustice of Climate Change

IF 1.4 3区哲学 Q2 ETHICS

Public Health Ethics Pub Date : 2023-04-10 DOI:10.1093/phe/phad008

J. Dwyer

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Abstract

Climate change continues to have profound impacts on people’s health, lives and life prospects. For the most part, people who are at highest risk from the impacts of climate change have contributed very little to the problem. This is the crux of the injustice. After I discuss the risks and contributions associated with the injustice of climate change, I turn to the issue of responsiveness: of why and how people should respond to this injustice. I avoid discussions of legal liability and focus more attention on the need to take political action to change social structures and habits. However, I realize how political engagement can prove to be ineffective, burdensome and dangerous. So in the last section, I say more about the reasons and changes that limit the effectiveness of political engagement. I suggest how we might change both the perception and practice of politics. At the end, I note two issues that I have not addressed in this limited article.

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应对气候变化的不公正

气候变化继续对人们的健康、生命和生活前景产生深远影响。在很大程度上，受气候变化影响风险最高的人对这个问题的贡献很小。这是不公正的症结所在。在我讨论了与气候变化的不公正相关的风险和贡献之后，我转向响应的问题:人们为什么以及如何应对这种不公正。我避免讨论法律责任，而更多地关注采取政治行动改变社会结构和习惯的必要性。然而，我意识到政治参与可能被证明是无效的、繁重的和危险的。因此，在最后一部分中，我将更多地讨论限制政治参与有效性的原因和变化。我建议我们如何改变对政治的认知和实践。最后，我要指出在这篇篇幅有限的文章中没有提到的两个问题。

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Public Health Ethics PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-MEDICAL ETHICS

CiteScore

3.10

自引率

9.50%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

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