Feminist Perspectives on Global Warming, Genocide, and Card's Theory of Evil
This essay explores several moral issues raised by global warming through the lens of Claudia Card's theory of evil. I focus on Alaskan villages in the sub-Arctic whose residents must relocate owing to extreme erosion, melting sea ice, and rising water levels. I use Card's discussion of ge...
Published in: | Hypatia |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2009
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2009.00012.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1527-2001.2009.00012.x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0887536700018742 |
Summary: | This essay explores several moral issues raised by global warming through the lens of Claudia Card's theory of evil. I focus on Alaskan villages in the sub-Arctic whose residents must relocate owing to extreme erosion, melting sea ice, and rising water levels. I use Card's discussion of genocide as social death to argue that failure to help these groups maintain their unique cultural identities can be thought of as genocidal. |
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