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    This collection gathers a set of central papers from the emerging area of ethics and climate change.
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    Introduction: Disagreement and Difference
    with Peter Jones
    Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 6 (3): 1-11. 2003.
  •  13
    Introduction
    with Peter Jones
    Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 3 (1): 1-6. 2000.
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    Global Climate Governance, Short-Termism, and the Vulnerability of Future Generations
    Ethics and International Affairs 36 (2): 137-155. 2022.
    : Many societies are now having to live with the impacts of climate change and are being confronted with heat waves, wildfires, droughts, and rising sea levels. Without radical action, future generations will inherit an even more degraded planet. This raises the question: How can political institutions be reformed to promote justice for future generations and to leave them an ecologically sustainable world? In this essay, I address a particular version of this question; namely: How can supra–sta…Read more
  •  56
    Two Kinds of Climate Justice: Avoiding Harm and Sharing Burdens
    Journal of Political Philosophy 22 (2): 125-149. 2014.
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    A collection of seminal articles in climate ethics and climate justice.
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    Human rights, compatibility and diverse cultures
    Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 3 (1): 51-76. 2000.
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    Coercion, Justification, and Inequality: Defending Global Egalitarianism
    Ethics and International Affairs 29 (3): 277-288. 2015.
    Michael Blake’s excellent book 'Justice and Foreign Policy' makes an important contribution to the ongoing debates about the kinds of values that should inform the foreign policy of liberal states. In this paper I evaluate his defence of the view that egalitarianism applies within the state but not globally. I discuss two arguments he gives for this claim - one appealing to the material preconditions of democracy and the other grounded in a duty to justify coercive power. I argue that neither ar…Read more
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    'Distributive Justice and Climate Change'
    In Serena Olsaretti (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice, Oxford University Press. forthcoming.
    This paper discusses two distinct questions of distributive justice raised by climate change. Stated very roughly, one question concerns how much protection is owed to the potential victims of climate change (the Just Target Question), and the second concerns how the burdens (and benefits) involved in preventing dangerous climate change should be distributed (the Just Burden Question). In Section II, I focus on the first of these questions, the Just Target Question. The rest of the paper examine…Read more
  •  108
    (2007). Justice, Borders and the Cosmopolitan Ideal: A Reply to Two Critics. Journal of Global Ethics: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 269-276. doi: 10.1080/17449620701456178
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    Climate change, intergenerational equity and the social discount rate
    Politics, Philosophy and Economics 13 (4): 320-342. 2014.
    Climate change is projected to have very severe impacts on future generations. Given this, any adequate response to it has to consider the nature of our obligations to future generations. This paper seeks to do that and to relate this to the way that inter-generational justice is often framed by economic analyses of climate change. To do this the paper considers three kinds of considerations that, it has been argued, should guide the kinds of actions that one generation should take if it is to t…Read more
  •  106
    Impartiality and Liberal Neutrality
    Utilitas 8 (3): 273. 1996.
    It is a commonplace that in many societies people adhere to profoundly different conceptions of the good. Given this we need to know what political principles are appropriate. How can we treat people who are committed to different accounts of the good with fairness? One recent answer to this pressing question is given by Brian Barry in his important work Justice as Impartiality. This book, of course, contains much more than this. It includes a powerful and incisive discussion of several accounts…Read more
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    The Struggle for Climate Justice in a Non‐Ideal World
    Midwest Studies in Philosophy 40 (1): 9-26. 2016.
    Many agents have failed to comply with their responsibilities to take the action needed to avoid dangerous anthropogenic climate change. This pervasive noncompliance raises two questions of nonideal political theory. First, it raises the question of what agents should do when others do not discharge their climate responsibilities. (the Responsibility Question) In this paper I put forward four principles that we need to employ to answer the Responsibility Question (Sections II-V). I then illustra…Read more
  •  43
    Nationality, distributive justice and the use of force
    Journal of Applied Philosophy 16 (2). 1999.
    To whom do we owe obligations of distributive justice? In the last decade a number of distinguished political theorists — such as David Miller and Yael Tamir — have defended a nationalist account of our distributive obligations. This paper examines their account of distributive justice. In particular, it analyses their contention (a) that individuals owe special obligations to fellow‐nationals, (b) that these obligations are obligations of distributive justice and (c) that these obligations are …Read more
  •  339
    Climate Change, Human Rights and Moral Thresholds
    In Stephen Humphreys (ed.), Human Rights and Climate Change, Cambridge University Press. 2010.
    This essay examines the relationship between climate change and human rights. It argues that climate change is unjust, in part, because it jeopardizes several core rights – including the right to life, the right to food and the right to health. It then argues that adopting a human rights framework has six implications for climate policies. To give some examples, it argues that this helps us to understand the concept of “dangerous anthropogenic interference” (UNFCCC, Article 2). In addition to…Read more
  •  318
    Cosmopolitan Justice and Institutional Design
    Social Theory and Practice 32 (4): 725-756. 2006.
    What kind of political systems should there be? In this paper I examine two competing principles of institutional design — an instrumental view, which maintains that one should design institutions so as to realize the most plausible conception of justice, and a democratic view, which maintains that one should design institutions so as to enable persons to participate in the decisions that impact their lives. I argue for a mixed view that combines these two principles. In the second stage of the …Read more
  •  51
    Cosmopolitanism and Justice
    In Thomas Christiano & John Christman (eds.), Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Three Conceptions of Cosmopolitanism Two Kinds of Juridical Cosmopolitanism Beitz on Cosmopolitan Justice Pogge on Cosmopolitan Justice Cosmopolitanism and Humanity Three Challenges to Cosmopolitan Justice Concluding Remarks Notes References.
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    Just Emissions
    Philosophy and Public Affairs 40 (4): 255-300. 2012.
    This paper examines what would be a fair distribution of the right to emit greenhouse gases. It distinguishes between views that treat the distribution of this right on its own (Isolationist Views) and those that treat it in conjunction with the distribution of other goods (Integrationist Views). The most widely held view treats adopts an Isolationist approach and holds that emission rights should be distributed equally. This paper provides a critique of this 'equal per capita' view, and the …Read more
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    Justice beyond borders: a global political theory
    Oxford University Press. 2005.
    Which political principles should govern global politics? In his new book, Simon Caney engages with the work of philosophers, political theorists, and international relations scholars in order to examine some of the most pressing global issues of our time. Are there universal civil, political, and economic human rights? Should there be a system of supra- state institutions? Can humanitarian intervention be justified?
  •  86
    Consequentialist defences of liberal neutrality
    Philosophical Quarterly 41 (165): 457-477. 1991.
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    Addressing Poverty and Climate Change: The Varieties of Social Engagement
    Ethics and International Affairs 26 (2): 191-216. 2012.
    In this article I propose to explore two issues. The first concerns what kinds of contributions academics can make to reducing poverty. I argue that academics can contribute in a number of ways, and I seek to spell out the diversity of the options available. I concentrate on four ways in which these contributions might differ.My second aim is to outline some norms that should inform any academic involvement in activities that seek to reduce poverty. I set out six proposals. These concern: the ne…Read more
  •  51
    Review Article: International Distributive Justice
    Political Studies 49 (5): 974-997. 2001.
    The literature on global justice contains a number of distinct approaches. This article identifies and reviews recent work in four commonly found in the literature. First there is an examination of the cosmopolitan contention that distributive principles apply globally. This is followed by three responses to the cosmopolitanism, – the nationalist emphasis on special duties to co-nationals, the society of states claim that principles of global distributive justice violate the independence of stat…Read more