La relevancia moral del cambio climático: ¿Hasta qué punto estamos dispuestos a esforzarnos?
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2023
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14/06/2023
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El cambio climático antropogénico, junto con sus efectos en la biodiversidad y el medio ambiente suponen un problema complejo y difícil de abordar. Esta alta complejidad no encaja con una racionalidad fruto de una presión evolutiva ya inexistente. La reflexión y el análisis de esta base filogenética esclarece en primer lugar un desequilibrio entre el entorno al que nos enfrentamos y las capacidades cognitivas que hemos heredado filogenéticamente. En segundo lugar, esclarece la necesidad de buscar cursos de acción coherentes no sólo frente al cambio climático, sino también coherentes con esta visión más prudente del ser humano. Pero además, en tercer lugar también esclarece, dadas las condiciones materiales y organizativas en las que el ser humano está instalado, la necesidad de buscar medidas (además) coherentes con nuestros intereses individuales (fundamental para el éxito de cualquier medida no coercitiva). Con el interés de materializar estas evidencias y esclarecer posibles cursos de acción futuros, se propone un diseño experimental bajo el que analizar empíricamente dos grandes marcos de acción. Un marco convencional, marcado por la acción de los nudges verdes, y otro marco no convencional, marcado por diferentes propuestas mejorativas high-tech verdes. La presente investigación se enmarca así la labor de clarificar no solo los mejores cursos de acción disponibles, sino también evidenciar aquellos mejores cursos de acción posibles.
Human-induced climate change, together with its effects on biodiversity and the environment, is a complex and difficult problem to address. Our way of thinking, shaped by evolutionary pressures that no longer exist, is highly incompatible with the sheer intricacy of climate change. Reflecting on these phylogenetic underpinnings, we first explore an asymmetry between the environment we face and the cognitive resources we have phylogenetically inherited. Secondly, we use these findings to propose a coherent course of action that not only addresses climate change, but also reflects this shift towards a cautious view of human nature, its interests and its preferences. The study underlines the need to seek (additional) means which, given the material and organisational conditions of the human society, will meet our individual needs (which is fundamental to the success of all non-coercive means). To materialise this evidence and clarify possible future courses of action, we propose an experimental design to empirically analyse two major frameworks of policy intervention. A conventional framework, characterised by the effect of green nudges, and a second non-conventional framework, characterised by various high-tech approaches in bioengineering. This research is therefore designed not only to clarify the best available options, but also to highlight the best possible options.
Human-induced climate change, together with its effects on biodiversity and the environment, is a complex and difficult problem to address. Our way of thinking, shaped by evolutionary pressures that no longer exist, is highly incompatible with the sheer intricacy of climate change. Reflecting on these phylogenetic underpinnings, we first explore an asymmetry between the environment we face and the cognitive resources we have phylogenetically inherited. Secondly, we use these findings to propose a coherent course of action that not only addresses climate change, but also reflects this shift towards a cautious view of human nature, its interests and its preferences. The study underlines the need to seek (additional) means which, given the material and organisational conditions of the human society, will meet our individual needs (which is fundamental to the success of all non-coercive means). To materialise this evidence and clarify possible future courses of action, we propose an experimental design to empirically analyse two major frameworks of policy intervention. A conventional framework, characterised by the effect of green nudges, and a second non-conventional framework, characterised by various high-tech approaches in bioengineering. This research is therefore designed not only to clarify the best available options, but also to highlight the best possible options.