Carbon leakage and the argument from no difference

Rendall, Matthew (2015) Carbon leakage and the argument from no difference. Environmental Values, 24 (4). pp. 535-552. ISSN 1752-7015

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Abstract

Critics of carbon mitigation often appeal to what Jonathan Glover has called ‘the argument from no difference’: that is, ‘if I don’t do it, someone else will’. Yet even if this justifies continued high emissions by the industrialised countries, it cannot excuse business as usual. The North’s emissions might not harm the victims of climate change in the sense of making them worse off than they would otherwise be. Nevertheless, it receives benefits produced at the latter’s expense. This enrichment is unjust; unjustly-enriched agents ought to make compensation. The best form of compensation is vigorous action against climate change.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/755769
Keywords: Climate change; carbon leakage; consequentialism; over-determination
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.3197/096327115X14345368710022
Depositing User: Rendall, Matthew
Date Deposited: 15 Jul 2016 14:18
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 17:11
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/35054

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