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  • COP20's Ethical Fallout: The Perils of Principles Without Dialogue

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    Breakey, Hugh
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    Breakey, Hugh E.
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    I argue that mechanisms currently embedded in the Paris negotiations Elements Text could elicit a structured process of moral dialogue. These mechanisms go beyond inviting Parties to cloak their intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) in specious moral garb; the mechanisms envisage a principled review of, and dialogic reflection on, the fairness and ambition of Parties' INDCs. These mechanisms could thus propel moral dialogue (similar to Rawls' public reason), leading to constructive shifts in Parties' perspectives and commitments. The drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides an illustrative ...
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    I argue that mechanisms currently embedded in the Paris negotiations Elements Text could elicit a structured process of moral dialogue. These mechanisms go beyond inviting Parties to cloak their intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) in specious moral garb; the mechanisms envisage a principled review of, and dialogic reflection on, the fairness and ambition of Parties' INDCs. These mechanisms could thus propel moral dialogue (similar to Rawls' public reason), leading to constructive shifts in Parties' perspectives and commitments. The drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides an illustrative example, where moral dialogue weeded out bad faith and parochial demands.
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    Journal Title
    Ethics, Policy & Environment
    Volume
    18
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2015.1070520
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    © 2015 Taylor & Francis (Routledge). This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Ethics, Policy & Environment on 26 Nov 2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21550085.2015.1070520
    Subject
    Earth sciences
    Human society
    Philosophy and religious studies
    Applied ethics not elsewhere classified
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/141554
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