PHIL 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Least Developed Countries, Negative And Positive Rights, Marginal Utility
22 Dec 2016
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Collective action and (cid:498)free rider problems(cid:499) (enry shue, (cid:498)global environment and )nternational )nequality(cid:499) interest in avoiding shouldering the burden: no effective enforcement mechanisms at the global level. We cannot properly assess issues of climate justice without taking into account the fact of background inequalities and global poverty. Rich countries should bear a larger part of the burden in addressing climate change: demanding equal burden-sharing would be unjust. The collective action problem posed by climate change can give the least. Developed countries (ldcs) a strengthened position in international cooperation. First approach: greater contribution to the problem. Climate change is to large extent the result of the industrial activities of rich countries: since we have created the problem, we should bear a larger part if the burden in reversing it. Not blaming us but what is fair and unfair) Second approach: greater ability to pay: it is fair to require parties with greater resources to carry a greater share of the burden.
