ETH201H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sport Utility Vehicle, Jet Fuel, Carbon Footprint
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A recent warning to humanity, signed by 16 000 scientists. Driving a gas guzzler causes climate change: 2. We are morally obligated to avoid causing harm: 4. Driving a gas guzzler makes climate change worse: 2. We have a moral obligation not to make problems worse: 3. Therefore, driving a gas-guzzler is morally wrong: problems with the contribution principle, no single individual driving a gas guzzler actually makes climate change worse. We are morally obligated not to perform actions if it would produce bad consequences if everyone acted the same way: 2. It would produce bad consequences if everyone drove a gas- guzzler: 3. Argument can be applied to any individual action that makes no difference significantly, in the grand scheme of things: 2. Almost any action an individual can take to mitigate climate change will make no difference in the grand scheme of things: 3.
