The non-identity problem in climate ethics: A restatement

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Jasmina Nedevska

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This article justifies and restates the non-identity problem (NIP) in relation to climate change. First and briefly, I argue that while there is often good reason to set the NIP aside in practical politics, there can be areas where a climate NIP will have practical implications. An instructive example concerns climate change litigation. Second, I argue that there are three particular circumstances of a climate NIP that may set it apart from the more established NIP in bioethics. These differences regard interaction, numbers, and agency respectively. Third, I discuss the premises and conclusion of a climate NIP, modifying an account in bioethics by David Boonin (2014).

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Jasmina Nedevska, Mälardalen University

Jasmina Nedevska is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the School of Business, Society, and Engineering at Mälardalen University, Sweden, and a 2019-2020 James Madison Program Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University, USA. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Stockholm University and a BA and MA in Political Science from Uppsala University, Sweden.