A Call for a Global Constitutional Convention Focused on Future Generations
A Call for a Global Constitutional Convention Focused on Future Generations
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DOI：
10.1017/s0892679414000379
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发表时间：
2014-09-01
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Gardiner, Stephen M.
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作者：
Gardiner, Stephen M.
卡内基理事会的工作“植根于这样一个前提，即将伦理问题纳入国际事务的讨论将在美国和国外产生更有效的政策。”为了荣誉理事会成立一百周年，我们被要求（简要）介绍我们对气候变化所带来的伦理和政策问题的看法，重点是人们需要知道什么，他们可能还不知道，以及应该做些什么。本着这种精神，本文认为，气候变化构成了一个深刻的伦理挑战，这一挑战的持续逃避产生无效的政策，因此，需要一个根本的范式转变。更具体地说，我认为气候问题通常被误诊为传统的公地悲剧，这掩盖了两个更深层次和独特的伦理挑战（我称之为当代的暴政和完美的道德风暴），我们应该通过呼吁关注后代的全球宪法公约来应对这些挑战。
The Carnegie Council's work “is rooted in the premise that the incorporation of ethical concerns into discussions of international affairs will yield more effective policies both in the United States and abroad.” In honor of the Council's centenary, we have been asked to (briefly) present our views on the ethical and policy issues posed by climate change, focusing on what people need to know that they probably do not already know, and what should be done. In that spirit, this essay argues that climate change poses a profound ethical challenge, that the ongoing evasion of this challenge produces ineffective policy, and, therefore, that a fundamental paradigm shift is needed. More specifically, I maintain that the climate problem is usually misdiagnosed as a traditional tragedy of the commons, that this obscures two deeper and distinctively ethical challenges (what I call the tyranny of the contemporary and the perfect moral storm), and that we should address these challenges head on, by calling for a global constitutional convention focused on future generations.