Open AccessClimate Justice and Democracy: A Normative Approach
Author(s) -
Mamudul Hasan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of political theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2371-3321
DOI - 10.22609/1.3.1.5
Subject(s) - normative , economic justice , democracy , climate justice , politics , law and economics , environmental ethics , ask price , sociology , political science , positive economics , political economy , climate change , economics , law , ecology , philosophy , economy , biology
This paper tackles a highly relevant issue, namely the relationship between climate justice and democracy. The driving motivation of the paper is to ask what principles of climate justice demand from democracies. The paper explores intrinsic and instrumental arguments and develops a sufficiency account: citizens are entitled to the emissions necessary not only to realize their basic needs but to participate as equals in political decision making.