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Earth as Ethic

Chapter of: Manifesto for Living in the Anthropocene(pp. 91–95)

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TitleEarth as Ethic
ContributorFreya Mathews(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0100.1.17
Landing pagehttps://punctumbooks.com/titles/manifesto-for-living-in-the-anthropocene/
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
CopyrightMathews, Freya
Publisherpunctum books
Published on2015-04-14
Long abstractIn this era of climate change when upheavals of a global na-ture are set to sweep the planet, the need for global agree-ments that transcend the strict proportionalities of national interest is greater than ever before. Different nations of course have different degrees of vulnerability to environmen-tal disruption and different degrees of economic wherewithal to mitigate or manage it. Those with the greatest economic means happen also, with some exceptions (such as Australia), to be those least vulnerable, at least in the short to medium term. As long as self-interest rules the day then, nations with the most to contribute to climate mitigation will tend to hold back and international agreements will be pre-empted or fatally weakened, with dire consequences in the longer term for all. This scenario can be avoided only if the commitment un-dertaken by all nations to mitigate and ultimately reverse climate change is a moral and not merely a self-interested one. Nations need to acknowledge that de-stabilizing the planetary climate system is monumentally morally wrong and that we have a moral responsibility to mitigate and repair the damage. But how can such moral agreement be obtained in a multicultural world of rampantly competing ideologies in which different moral “truths” define different moral con-stituencies? Is it possible to imagine an international society morally united in its commitment to the integrity of the bio-sphere?
Page rangepp. 91–95
Print length5 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)