Seminar series: Subsistence vs. luxury emissions: the latest debate #1 & #2

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Over the past three years, a number of philosophers and political theorists have revived the normative debate on subsistence versus luxury emissions. They have done so by offering a set of original arguments that are highly relevant to, among other things, climate change policy. The aim of this seminar series is to bring these people together to discuss these papers and to enrich the debate with contributions from qualified discussants.

The seminar series is co-organised by Fausto Corvino (PROHIBLUX and UCLouvain) and Pierre André (UCLouvain). Here are the first two events, in hybrid mode. Participation is free, but registration is required - please write to fausto.corvino@uclouvain.be

Subsistence vs. luxury emissions: the latest debate #1

Thursday 10 October, from 16.00 to 18.00 CEST, at the Hoover Chair in Social and Economic Ethics, UCLouvain & online (Teams). Both authors and commentators will be present.

•     Tank, Lukas [University of Kiel]  (2022). “Against the budget view in climate ethics”. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, online first, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2022.2070833 

Commentator: Aida Martínez Suárez [University of Oviedo]

•     Duus-Otterström, Goran [University of Gothenburg & Institute for Futures Studies (Stockholm)] (2023) “Subsistence Emissions and Climate Justice.” British Journal of Political Science 53, no. 3 (2023): 919–33. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123422000485 

Commentator: Daniel Petz [Universitas Gadjah Mada]

Subsistence vs. luxury emissions: the latest debate #2

Monday 9 December from 11.00 to 13.00 (CET), at the Hoover Chair in Social and Economic Ethics, UCLouvain & online (Teams). Both authors and commentators will attend.

• Adriana Placani (Nova University Lisbon) and Stearns Broadhead (University of Lisbon) (2022). Moral Dimensions of Offsetting Luxury Emissions. Ethics, Policy & Environment, 25 (3), 297–315. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2022.2104099

Commentator: Richard Endörfer (University of Gothenburg)

• Alex McLaughlin (University of Exeter) (2023). The limit of climate justice: unfair sacrifice and aggregate harm. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 26 (6): 942–963. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2020.1786306

Commentator: Ilias Voiron (University of Fribourg & Université Jean-Moulin Lyon 3)