Thursday, August 16, 2012

On the Culture : The Moral Downside of Climate Change - Catholic Culture
Based on my own review of the arguments surrounding climate change, I believe that the evidence is scanty or non-existent that these changes are either well-understood or under our control even in theory. The situation is even more dubious when we consider what realistic steps a disunited world with very limited financial resources is likely to be able take to effect any consistent or controlled change. If I am correct in this assessment, then climate change may still be a problem for some people in some regions, or it may even be a general human problem at some point, but it is not a moral problem. We may be called to assist those who suffer (as we always are, for whatever reason), but we are not morally impelled to join the fight against climate change itself.
Twitter / billmckibben: Blockaders in action across ...
Blockaders in action across OK, TX--fighting to keep the tarsands at bay! Brave and valiant!

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