"The Capitalist Ethic of the Kleptocene and the Subversion of the Doctrine of Double Effect".
I argue that the contentious history of the doctrine of double effect leaves this moral principle vulnerable to becoming fully co-opted by capitalism's logic of commodification to catastrophic consequences for the planetary environment and atmosphere. Drawing on both relevant philosophical work but...
| Published in: | Ethics & the Environment Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 89 - 120 |
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Indiana University Press
Fall2025
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