In parallel, do the authors assess the ethical implications of *not doing anything* to tackle *climate change?*
Le lun. 14 juin 2021 à 00:01, Geoeng Info <infogeo...@gmail.com> a écrit : > https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0039368121000182 > > Values in early-stage climate engineering: The ethical implications of > “doing the research” > Jude Galbraith > > Abstract > > Calls for research on climate engineering have increased in the last two > decades, but there remains widespread agreement that many climate > engineering technologies (in particular, forms involving global solar > radiation management) present significant ethical risks and require careful > governance. However, proponents of research argue, ethical restrictions on > climate engineering research should not be imposed in early-stage work like > *in > silico* modeling studies. Such studies, it is argued, do not pose risks > to the public, and the knowledge gained from them is necessary for > assessing the risks and benefits of climate engineering technologies. I > argue that this position, which I call the “broad research-first” stance, > cannot be maintained in light of the entrance of nonepistemic values in > climate modeling. I analyze the roles that can be played by nonepistemic > political and ethical values in the design, tuning, and interpretation of > climate models. Then, I argue that, in the context of early-stage climate > engineering research, the embeddedness of values will lead to value > judgments that could harm stakeholder groups or impose researcher values on > non-consenting populations. I conclude by calling for more robust > reflection on the ethics and governance of early-stage climate engineering > research. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAKSzgpb5dBCqObbZ8UhFm2zn2EAJFL9p4oKgbd7hYrz2a42d1Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAKSzgpb5dBCqObbZ8UhFm2zn2EAJFL9p4oKgbd7hYrz2a42d1Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAHodn99rQSeU80P5%3D%2B901oHQib-pV6R0tUtphxbC%2BzbqGUBa_Q%40mail.gmail.com.
