Ethical Issue Revolving Climate Change Questions Assigment

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Ethical Issue Revolving Climate Change Questions Assigment

Requirements

  • 4-5 Page Paper
  • Minimum of 1100 words
  • APA Format
  • Times New Roman
  • Size 12 Font
  • Needs to have an Introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion
  • Needs 3 references
  • Paper on the the ethical issue revolving climate change
  • Covering
  • Introduction
    • What is climate change
      • Climate change is the global change in recorded temperatures and weather patterns
      • This gradual increase in global temperature is caused by the increase in CO2 emissions around the world
        • CO2 is proven to capture and retain more heat as the concentration of CO2 increases
    • Why is it an ethical problem
      • The ethical problem arises when you think about the future
      • If steps are not taken now there are catastrophic reproductions that will arise in the future.
  • Body 1
    • Virtue Ethics
      • Virtue ethics were developed by ancient philosophers like Aristotle
      • Based on the idea that we acquire virtue through practice
        • By honing virtuous habits people will make the right choice when faced with ethical challenges
      • A virtue ethicist would want to take steps to prevent further climate change
        • Being a caring person is one way of being a virtuous person
          • Caring for future generations by making sure they have a livable planet in the future would be a virtuous act
      • Virtue ethics provides a framework for everyone to become the best version of themselves
        • In working towards being a better individual we influence those around us to be better
          • Creating a better society, community, and world
      • The issue is that virtue ethics does not give a clear way to determine what a virtuous person is
        • Or what to do when a virtuous result is conflicted by an action that would not be considered virtuous
  • Body 2
    • Ethics of care
      • Ethics of care focuses on the interpersonal relationships that people have
      • The people in our lives that we care for are at the forefront of our ethical decisions
        • Decisions people make are vastly difference when someone they are close to is involved as opposed to a stranger
      • With the interpersonal take on ethics I think ethicists of care would rally behind taking steps to prevent or mitigate climate change.
      • Ethicists of care would think of those they find near and dear to their hearts and want to protect the future for them
        • When research points to someone’s children or grandchildren living in a world that could cause them to die upon coming into the world; they want to make sure that is not the world they are born into
      • The ethics of care much like virtue ethics provides a framework for us to become better
        • Better friend, parents, and caring individuals not always looking out for number one
      • The problem is that ethics of care is based on the personal relationships of each individual person
        • This allows for people to make immoral decisions because they acted to help someone they knew rather than a stranger
        • It creates a hierarchy of people for each individual
  • Body 3
    • Do I agree or disagree with the two ethical views
    • I agree with both of the ethical views bases on virtues and ethics of care
      • I think I lean more towards the side of virtue ethics as opposed to ethics of care
      • I truly believe that ethicists of care would ultimately move to reduce climate change
        • Ethicists of care could have an interpersonal relationship with the world itself
          • Making them treat the world like a loved one that they would not want to get hurt
      • At the same time virtue ethicist I thinks would see that the virtuous person wouldn’t indulge themselves at the detriment of future generations
        • Forcing them to take steps to reduce or even stop climate change
  • Conclusion
    • What should our ethical response be to climate change
      • It is clear that we need to make a change on a global scale
      • We cannot leave it to the next generation to implement changes to reduce climate change
        • It may be too late by that time
      • The virtuous care person would see that the world is heading into troubling times
      • They know that they may never have to live through those troubling times
      • But their children may and the grand children will
      • It is not a right and just action to condemn future generations to satiate our appetites now