Pessimism For Climate Activists.
Should climate activists be optimistic or pessimistic about the climate crisis and their efforts to confront it? This paper analyses common narratives in the climate movement through the lens of the philosophical traditions of optimism and pessimism, arguing for three points. Firstly, most dominant...
| Publicado en: | Ethics & the Environment Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 109 - 138 |
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Indiana University Press
Spring2024
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