Climate change and moral judgement

By Ezra M. Markowitz, Azim Shariff. 2012

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science

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Personal experience and the ‘psychological distance’ of climate change: An integrative review (2015, background): “Indeed, there are potential benefits of framing climate change to be congruent with the dominant moral concerns of various ideological groups (Feinberg & Willer, 2013; Markowitz & Shariff, 2012).”
Compassion for climate change victims and support for mitigation policy (2016, background): “This study aligns with recent efforts in various disciplines, such as psychology and communication, that attempt to increase public support through framing the issue in ways that are engaging and accessible for the public (Markowitz & Shariff, 2012).”
New frontiers and conceptual frameworks for energy justice (2017, background): “Markowitz and Shariff (2012) argue that our moral systems are ill equipped to handle the complexity and expansiveness of modern day energy and climate problems.”
Bearing worlds: learning to live-with climate change (2019, background): “Climate change engagement efforts have often sought to induce feelings of guilt as it has been thought that guilt motivates mitigative action (Markowitz and Shariff 2012; Markowitz 2012; Ferguson and Branscombe 2010).”
Seepage: Climate change denial and its effect on the scientific community (2015, background): “Ambiguity aversion is amplified by two further processes: first, uncertainty breeds wishful thinking (Markowitz and Shariff, 2012), reinforcing the possibility that the Earth will warm by 1 8C rather than 5 8C.”
Is climate change an ethical issue? Examining young adults’ beliefs about climate and morality (2012, background): “Markowitz and Shariff (2012) review these and other psychological factors that likely act to weaken individuals’ moral intuitions about climate change, concluding that various features of the issue itself (e.g., uncertain outcomes; long time horizons) pose significant challenges to the human moral…”
Feasible Options for Behavior Change Toward More Effective Ocean Literacy: A Systematic Review (2019, background): “The more abstract, dissimilar, and socially distant the impacts and ostensibly “real victims” seem to be—be they ecosystems including animals, members of faraway communities or, perhaps, future generations—the less morally obligated people will feel to act on their behalf (Markowitz and Shariff, 201”
Effects of Goal Framing and Emotions on Perceived Threat and Willingness to Sacrifice for Climate Change (2017, background): “Many scholars emphasize that emotions may help create a greater sense of urgency for abstract and distant climate change outcomes (Markowitz & Shariff, 2012; Moser & Dilling, 2004; Roeser, 2012).”
Mindfulness and sustainability (2014, background): “One way to boost recognition of climate change as a moral imperative could be by “increasing identification with and empathy for future generations and people living in other places” (DLC, 2009; Markowitz and Shariff, 2012).”