Please allow me a few comments. "However, SAG faces obstacles to meeting these requirements, so it is incumbent upon proponents of SAG either to present a version of SAG that is distributively just or to argue why SAG ought to be implemented despite its ethical shortcomings." Prevention of a methane tipping point would seem distributively just for life in general. "More generally, it is arguably intergenerationally unjust for present generations to bring about states of affairs that are distributively unjust for future generations. In other words, one requirement of intergenerational justice is that present persons not compromise the distributive justice of future generations." Prevention of a methane tipping point does seem to comply with this concept regardless of the arguable validity of the concept. On the subject of procedural justice;
"Unilateral SAG violates Rawls’ theory of procedural justice, which holds that a policy is procedurally just only if all persons affected by that decision have the opportunity to contribute to that decision process." The current UN panel on Bio Diversity would seem to be in violation of Rawls' theory. In fact, no known treaty or policy has ever complied with this theory. The use of representatives to "contribute to that decision process" is simply the exercise of political policy. Thank you for your work and I hope to see this paper vigorously debated by the group. Michael On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Toby Svoboda <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, the link provided by Masa is an up-to-date version (aside from some > formatting changes, etc. in the published version). > > Toby Svoboda > > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Masa Sugiyama < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Here's the manuscript. (I don't know if this is the most up-to-date.) >> http://www3.geosc.psu.edu/~kzk10/Svoboda_PAQ_11.pdf >> >> -Masa >> >> On 8月16日, 午前1:04, Dan Whaley <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Is it possible for someone to post the article here? >> > >> > D >> > >> > On Aug 15, 8:37 am, Toby Svoboda <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > List members might be interested in our recent article on ethics and >> > > geoengineering: >> > >> > > Svoboda, T., K. Keller, M. Goes, and N. Tuana (2011), "Sulfate Aerosol >> > > Geoengineering: The Question of Justice", *Public Affairs Quarterly* >> 25:3, >> > > 157-80,http://paq.press.illinois.edu/25/3/svoboda.html. >> > >> > > Although we do not take a position on whether aerosol geoengineering >> ought >> > > to be deployed, we examine some potential obstacles to such >> geoengineering >> > > satisfying requirements of distributive, intergenerational, and >> procedural >> > > justice. Feedback welcome. >> > >> > > Best Wishes, >> > >> > > Toby Svoboda >> > > Ph.D. Candidate >> > > Department of Philosophy >> > > The Pennsylvania State University >> > > 232 Sparks Building >> > > University Park, PA 16802 >> > > [email protected] >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "geoengineering" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. > -- *Michael Hayes* *360-708-4976* http://www.voglerlake.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
