Feasibility, normative heuristics and the proper place of historical responsibility—a reply to Ohndorf et al

Fabian Schuppert and Christian Seidel ()
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Fabian Schuppert: Queen’s University Belfast
Christian Seidel: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Climatic Change, 2017, vol. 140, issue 2, No 1, 107 pages

Abstract: Abstract In this comment, we pick up three points raised by Ohndorf et al. (Clim Chang 133:385–395, 2015) in their reply to our ethical assessment of the German Advisory Council’s Budget Approach (WBGUBA). First, we discuss and clarify the relationship between ethics and political feasibility, highlighting that the way Ohndorf et al. use feasibility creates an unwarranted status quo bias. Second, we explain the proper place historical responsibility should have within the WBGUBA, stressing the fact that the reasons why we choose one policy proposal over another matter. Third, we analyze the limited extent to which a normative heuristic should motivate an ethically ambitious policy proposal like the WBGUBA.

Keywords: Proper Place; Policy Proposal; Historical Responsibility; Initial Allocation; Climate Justice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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