Thinking about Nuclear Power
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6356398 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bob Pepperman Taylor (University of Vermont, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 297-311 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1057/pol.2013.3 |
| OpenAlex | W2092212475 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
This article makes two sets of observations about the moral bases of opposition to nuclear power. First, the article distinguishes between survivalist opposition to nuclear power (built on a conviction that the central moral fact about nuclear power is the cataclysmic threat it represents) and a more political opposition that focuses on matters of justice and democratic equality. Second, the article notes that the tension between these two styles of moral reasoning reflects a more general tension in the environmental movement as a whole. The movement against nuclear power therefore provides an illustration writ small for why environmentalists would do well not to rest their politics entirely on claims about human (and broader ecosystem) survival
Conviction · Democracy · Nuclear power · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Writ · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Law · Risk Perception and Management
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |