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Markets, morality and climate change: what, if anything, is wrong with emissions trading?

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This article explores whether emissions trading is morally defensible. To do so it examines three different kinds of moral consideration which might be used to judge emissions trading. The first kind makes what I term an 'ethical' objection, and holds that utilising market instruments to combat climate change is inherently objectionable. I examine three versions if this 'ethical' argument but find none persuasive. The remainder of the article considers two additional moral considerations, bot...

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10.1080/13563460903586202

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Politics & Int Relations
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Routledge Publisher's website
Journal:
New Political Economy Journal website
Volume:
15
Issue:
2
Pages:
197-224
Publication date:
2010-06-01
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EISSN:
1469-9923
ISSN:
1356-3467
Language:
English
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uuid:88e29116-9282-43ef-8280-b9f97830a9fb
Local pid:
ora:5270
Deposit date:
2011-04-18

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