Hope in the time of climate change. A Kantian perspective

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ID12609441
AuthorsClaudia Blöser (0000-0001-7139-9686, University of Augsburg, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume27
Issue6
Pages906-927
Publication date2024-04-26
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-8230 • E-ISSN: 1743-8772
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13698230.2024.2344382
OpenAlexW4395666376
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited27

This article discusses whether it is rational and valuable to have hope in the face of the climate crisis. The aim is to explore a distinctive Kantian perspective characterized by three main elements. First, hope is not seen primarily as a means of sustaining action, but action is viewed as a condition for rational hope. Second, the value of certain 'fundamental' hopes is not merely instrumental but derives from their constitutive role in our practical identity. Here, I focus on Kantian hope in the compatibility of our fundamental ends, happiness and morality. Third, the rationality of such a hope presupposes trust – in particular, trust that our conceptions of morality and the good life are sufficiently flexible to adapt to drastically new circumstances

Action (physics · Aesthetics · Economics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Happiness · Identity (music · Morality · Perspective (graphical · Positive economics · Practical reason · Rationality · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Computer Science · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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