The Climate Science Crisis
/Continuing our exploration of philosophy and environmental ethics - This paper responds to or evaluates the rejection of the scientific consensus about climate change. With particular attention to Naomi Oreskes's “The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: How Do We Know We’re Not Wrong?”
Pascal’s Wager: Belief: And the Climate Crisis: Introducing the Whack-A-Mole Approach
Note to Students - I highly discourage anyone from copying or modifying ANY work they find on the internet. Academic Dishonesty is very much frowned upon at every level. Inspiration is acceptable, citation is required, and theft is wrong. Embrace Honesty!
The key writing under discussion is -
Oreskes, Naomi. "The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: How Do We Know We're Not Wrong?" From Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application, by Louis P. Pojman, Paul Pojman, and Katie McShane. 7th edition, Cengage Learning, 2017, pp. 608-622.
Also discussed or referenced -
Clemons, Eric K. "Pascal's Wager and Global Climate Change: Hedging Your Bet When the Cost of Error is Too High." The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, Inc, Sept. 25, 2017. www.huffpost.com/entry/pascals-wager-and-global-climate-change- hedging_b_59c944c3e4b0f2df5e83b066 Accessed Nov. 1, 2022.
Donovan, Sean. "How Pascal's Wager Helps Us Understand the Irrationality of Climate Change Denial." Excursus, Medium, Aug. 23, 2018. www.medium.com/excursus/how-pascals-wager-helps-us-understand-the- irrationality-of-climate-change-denial-1564db0c8b52 Accessed Nov. 1, 2022.
Jackson, Liz. "Pascal's Wager: A Pragmatic Argument for Belief in God." 1000 Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology, Jan. 2021. https://1000wordphilosophy.com/2021/01/04/pascals-wager/
Lewandowsky, Stephan, and Klaus Oberauer. "Motivated Rejection of Science." Current Directions in Psychological Science, Vol. 25, No. 4. Sage Publications, Inc. on behalf of Association for Psychological Science Stable, Aug. 2016 pp 217-222. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/44318960 Accessed Nov. 3, 2022.
McKenzie, James. "Climate Change is a 'Pascal's Wager': So How Will You Act?" Physics World, IOP Publishing, Mar. 11, 2020. Taken from the March 2020 edition of Physics World under the headline "Pascal's Wager." www.physicsworld.com/a/climate-change-is-a-pascals-wager-so-how-will-you-act Accessed Nov. 1, 2022.
O'Reilly, Tim. "Pascal's Wager and Climate Change." Radar, O'Reilly Media Inc, Jan. 19, 2009. www.radar.oreilly.com/2009/01/pascals-wager-and-climate-change.html Accessed Nov. 1, 2022.
Oxfam International. "5 Natural Disasters that Beg for Climate Action." Oxfam.org 2022. www.oxfam.org/en/5-natural-disasters-beg-climate-action Accessed Nov. 3, 2022.
Radu, Sintia. "The Top 5 Deadliest Disasters in 2019." US News & World Report, Dec. 3, 2019. www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/slideshows/5-of-the-deadliest-natural-disasters-in-2019 Accessed Nov. 4, 2022.
Selinger, Evan, et al. "Catastrophe Ethics and Activist Speech: Reflections on Moral Norms, Advocacy, and Technical Judgement." Metaphilosophy, Vol. 42, No. 1/2, 2011, pp. 118–144. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2443989. Accessed Nov. 4, 2022
Tidman, Keith. "Pascal's Climate Wager." Philosophy Now, Issue 148, Feb/March 2022. www.philosophynow.org/issues/148/Pascals_Climate_Wager Accessed Nov. 8, 2022.
