Climate Change and Causal Inefficacy: Why Go Green When It Makes No Difference?
Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 69:157-174 (2011)
| Abstract | Reflection on personal choices and climate change can lead to the thought that nothing an individual does can possibly make a difference to the planet’s future. So why bother going green? This is a version of the problem of causal inefficacy, and it is a particular problem for those with consequentialist leanings. Voters and vegetarians are consulted for help, and a suggestive thought about consistency is pursued. Consequentialist arguments for governmental action are shored up with reflection on consistency, and, hopefully, the result is a solution to the problem: a nearly-consequentialist argument for individual action on climate change. | |||||||||
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