A Perfect Moral Storm: Climate Change, Intergenerational Ethics and the Problem of Moral Corruption

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The economics of climate change impacts a la Stern: Novel and nuanced or rhetorically restricted? (2007, background): “They may see climate change as a perfect moral storm ( Gardiner, 2006 ), and agree with Singer (2006: 422) that when escaping such a storm “the motivation isn't as important as the outcome.” The fact that Stern conduct a global CBA regardless of all theoretical limitations and ethical concerns might”
Positive emotions and climate change (2021, neutral): “…problem: it is an abstract, complex, multifaceted collective action problem that cannot be solved by any one actor, involves deep uncertainty, and unfolds over a long time horizon—a ‘perfect storm’ for a species (us) which has a tendency towards ‘myopic,’ narrowly self-interested behavior [2 ,3,4].”
Towards a cultural political economy of mitigation deterrence by negative emissions technologies (NETs) (2018, background): “For instance, the consequences for global justice [4] and intergenerational justice [5,6] of increased climate impacts (unabated by the failed alternative intervention) would be grave.”