Download This PaperClimate Change and the Terrible Hope
Philosophy and Technology, December 2022
7 Pages Posted: 22 Dec 2022
Date Written: December 12, 2022
Abstract
In this short article, I discuss the nature of two kinds of disasters: tragic and catastrophic. I argue that climate change is a tragedy, likely to be addressed more seriously only once a catastrophe occurs. This is the terrible hope.
Keywords: Catastrophe, Climate Change, Kant, Socrates, Tragedy
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Floridi, Luciano, Climate Change and the Terrible Hope (December 12, 2022). Philosophy and Technology, December 2022, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4300141 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4300141
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