PHIL448 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Escalator, Food Bank, Sea Level Rise
22 Dec 2016
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Comparative gdp now (richest 1/3 vs poorest 2/3: in 2015 - . 500 vs ,000 (median, 1974: vs (average. Christian and marxist ideals: christian: you are your brothers keeper, marxist: minimal needs, easily met no centralized economy. Private property not the perfect solution to the tragedy of the commons. Ambivalence of world food bank and foreign aid in general. Race to the bottom in population and national income. Shutting the door once you have immigrated. We are all descendants of thieves statutes of limitation. Introduction: philosophical/ethical, practical policy making. Climate change involved the convergence of a set of global, intergenerational and theoretical problems. Storm makes us vulnerable to moral corruption. Dominant discourses are scientific and economic, but deepest challenge is ethical. Three main currents: 1) asymmetry of power between rich and poor. Richer nations (contributed most) have the power to do something in the solution, but tend to act in ways that favor their own self-interests.
