ENV221H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Distributive Justice, Bioethics
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Distributional fairness socially allocation of goods in a society. Perceived fairness of how rewards and costs are shared. Cost-benefit analysis does not adequately deal with issues. Challenges to distributional fairness largest emitters, least threatened. Most harmed contribute least to the problem. Who has rights to use biosphere as global sink. Emission levels cart greatly, reductions will fall disproportionately on some if equity issues are not considered. Current generation will affect interests of future generations. Perfect moral storm challenges to ethical action. Climate change = global phenomenon intergenerational effects theoretical tools underdeveloped. Child labour, slavery, women"s rights, civil rights, recycling, smoking, same sex marriage, bioethics: abortion, quality of life, assisted suicide, stem cell research. Basic right to be protected from actions of others that threaten life, liberty, health, and personal security. Polluters have responsibility to bear the cost some argue that prior to 1990, ignorance to harm and therefore unfair to hold accountable for past emissions.
