C T Desroches
Biographic Data
| ID | 32467 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C T Desroches |
| GIVEN NAMES | C T |
| FAMILY NAME | Desroches |
| SIGNATURE | DESROCHES C T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7318-6948 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Speed and Justice in a Renewable Energy Transition
A just transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy has been associated with a variety of duties, including climate change mitigation and promoting procedural, distributive, and recognitional justice. Several authors have discussed transitional justice tensions between the need for rapid greenhouse gas emissions reductions and other aspects of a just transition, such as fair inclusion of stakeholders. We make the case that such trade-offs are…
Unilateral Action on Climate Change and the Moral Obligation to Take Leadership
We claim that a moral obligation to take climate leadership by means of unilateral mitigation depends on the existence of a plausible follow‐the‐leader mechanism whereby unilateral mitigation by some increases the probability of sufficient mitigation by others to avert catastrophic climate impacts. By understanding these mechanisms, we can better articulate the obligation for climate leadership across various sectors, from government to individua…
Ecological Humility and Geoengineering the Earth
The prospect of geoengineering the Earth—the deliberate, large-scale intervention in Earth’s climate system to help mitigate the negative impacts associated with climate change—forces us to confront more than just scientific and technological questions. It challenges us to examine questions about our character. While some scholars have argued that geoengineering the Earth would be an act of arrogance, we develop a new account of ecological humili…
Hypersensitivity and the lexical precautionary principle
Collapse, social tipping dynamics, and framing climate change
In this article, we claim that recent developments in climate science and renewable energy should prompt a reframing of debates surrounding climate change mitigation. Taken together, we argue that these developments suggest (1) global climate collapse in this century is a non-negligible risk, (2) mitigation offers substantial benefits to current generations, and (3) mitigation by some can generate social tipping dynamics that could ultimately mak…
When is green nudging ethically permissible
Partha Dasgupta
Modeling the precautionary principle with lexical utilities
Does environmental science crowd out non-epistemic values
Energy decisions within an applied ethics framework
Everywhere in the world, and in every period of human history, it has been common for energy decisions to be made in an ethically haphazard manner. With growing population pressure and increasing demand for energy, this approach is no longer viable. We believe that decision makers must include ethical considerations in energy decisions more routinely and systematically. To this end, we propose an applied ethics framework that accommodates princip…
Virtual Consumption, Sustainability and Human Well-Being
There is widespread consensus that present patterns of consumption could lead to the permanent impossibility of maintaining those patterns and, perhaps, the existence of the human race. While many patterns of consumption qualify as ‘sustainable’ there is one in particular that deserves greater attention: virtual consumption. We argue that virtual consumption – the experience of authentic consumptive experiences replicated by alternative means – h…
Value Commitment, Resolute Choice, and the Normative Foundations of Behavioural Welfare Economics
Given the endowment effect, the role of attention in decision‐making, and the framing effect, most behavioural economists agree that it would be a mistake to accept the satisfaction of revealed preferences as the normative criterion of choice. Some have suggested that what makes agents better off is not the satisfaction of revealed preferences, but ‘true’ preferences, which may not always be observed through choice. While such preferences may app…
Philosophy of science for sustainability science
Sustainability science seeks to extend scientific investigation into domains characterized by a distinct problem-solving agenda, physical and social complexity, and complex moral and ethical landscapes. In this endeavor, it arguably pushes scientific investigation beyond its usual comfort zones, raising fundamental issues about how best to structure such investigation. Philosophers of science have long scrutinized the structure of science and sci…
Reliability of a new measure to assess modern screen time in adults
Results from this study suggest this self-administered questionnaire may be used to successfully classify individuals into different categories of screen time use (e.g. high vs. low); however, it is likely that objective measures are needed to increase precision of screen time assessment
Economics, Ethics, and Ancient Thought
On Aristotle's Natural Limit
Among scholars of ancient economic thought, it is widely recognized that Aristotle established an upper limit to money-making. This "natural limit" has been variously construed, with some claiming that it might be settled independently of Aristotle's ethical theory. This essay defends the contrary thesis: Aristotle's natural limit is inextricably tied to his account of human flourishing. I also argue that, for Aristotle, a human life committed to…
Philosophy of science for sustainability science
Sustainability science seeks to extend scientific investigation into domains characterized by a distinct problem-solving agenda, physical and social complexity, and complex moral and ethical landscapes. In this endeavor, it arguably pushes scientific investigation beyond its usual comfort zones, raising fundamental issues about how best to structure such investigation. Philosophers of science have long scrutinized the structure of science and sci…
Collapse, social tipping dynamics, and framing climate change
In this article, we claim that recent developments in climate science and renewable energy should prompt a reframing of debates surrounding climate change mitigation. Taken together, we argue that these developments suggest (1) global climate collapse in this century is a non-negligible risk, (2) mitigation offers substantial benefits to current generations, and (3) mitigation by some can generate social tipping dynamics that could ultimately mak…
When is green nudging ethically permissible
Modeling the precautionary principle with lexical utilities
Does environmental science crowd out non-epistemic values
On Aristotle's Natural Limit
Among scholars of ancient economic thought, it is widely recognized that Aristotle established an upper limit to money-making. This "natural limit" has been variously construed, with some claiming that it might be settled independently of Aristotle's ethical theory. This essay defends the contrary thesis: Aristotle's natural limit is inextricably tied to his account of human flourishing. I also argue that, for Aristotle, a human life committed to…
Reliability of a new measure to assess modern screen time in adults
Results from this study suggest this self-administered questionnaire may be used to successfully classify individuals into different categories of screen time use (e.g. high vs. low); however, it is likely that objective measures are needed to increase precision of screen time assessment
Economics, Ethics, and Ancient Thought
Energy decisions within an applied ethics framework
Everywhere in the world, and in every period of human history, it has been common for energy decisions to be made in an ethically haphazard manner. With growing population pressure and increasing demand for energy, this approach is no longer viable. We believe that decision makers must include ethical considerations in energy decisions more routinely and systematically. To this end, we propose an applied ethics framework that accommodates princip…
Virtual Consumption, Sustainability and Human Well-Being
There is widespread consensus that present patterns of consumption could lead to the permanent impossibility of maintaining those patterns and, perhaps, the existence of the human race. While many patterns of consumption qualify as ‘sustainable’ there is one in particular that deserves greater attention: virtual consumption. We argue that virtual consumption – the experience of authentic consumptive experiences replicated by alternative means – h…
Value Commitment, Resolute Choice, and the Normative Foundations of Behavioural Welfare Economics
Given the endowment effect, the role of attention in decision‐making, and the framing effect, most behavioural economists agree that it would be a mistake to accept the satisfaction of revealed preferences as the normative criterion of choice. Some have suggested that what makes agents better off is not the satisfaction of revealed preferences, but ‘true’ preferences, which may not always be observed through choice. While such preferences may app…
Philosophy of science for sustainability science
Sustainability science seeks to extend scientific investigation into domains characterized by a distinct problem-solving agenda, physical and social complexity, and complex moral and ethical landscapes. In this endeavor, it arguably pushes scientific investigation beyond its usual comfort zones, raising fundamental issues about how best to structure such investigation. Philosophers of science have long scrutinized the structure of science and sci…
Partha Dasgupta
Modeling the precautionary principle with lexical utilities
Does environmental science crowd out non-epistemic values
When is green nudging ethically permissible
Collapse, social tipping dynamics, and framing climate change
In this article, we claim that recent developments in climate science and renewable energy should prompt a reframing of debates surrounding climate change mitigation. Taken together, we argue that these developments suggest (1) global climate collapse in this century is a non-negligible risk, (2) mitigation offers substantial benefits to current generations, and (3) mitigation by some can generate social tipping dynamics that could ultimately mak…
Hypersensitivity and the lexical precautionary principle
Speed and Justice in a Renewable Energy Transition
A just transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy has been associated with a variety of duties, including climate change mitigation and promoting procedural, distributive, and recognitional justice. Several authors have discussed transitional justice tensions between the need for rapid greenhouse gas emissions reductions and other aspects of a just transition, such as fair inclusion of stakeholders. We make the case that such trade-offs are…
Unilateral Action on Climate Change and the Moral Obligation to Take Leadership
We claim that a moral obligation to take climate leadership by means of unilateral mitigation depends on the existence of a plausible follow‐the‐leader mechanism whereby unilateral mitigation by some increases the probability of sufficient mitigation by others to avert catastrophic climate impacts. By understanding these mechanisms, we can better articulate the obligation for climate leadership across various sectors, from government to individua…
Ecological Humility and Geoengineering the Earth
The prospect of geoengineering the Earth—the deliberate, large-scale intervention in Earth’s climate system to help mitigate the negative impacts associated with climate change—forces us to confront more than just scientific and technological questions. It challenges us to examine questions about our character. While some scholars have argued that geoengineering the Earth would be an act of arrogance, we develop a new account of ecological humili…
Philosophy (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Environmental ethics (7 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Climate Change and Geoengineering (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Ecology (4 works)