Lecture 9 - Cosmopolitan Justice, Responsibility and Global Climate Change, Simon Caney

Define the polluter pays principle (PPP).

What are the 3 flaws with PPP?

What is Shue’s response, and new proposed principle, to the concerns raised about PPP?

What are the flaws with BPP?

If PPP and BPP are both ‘wrong,’ what other principle have people used to defend the idea that later generations should pay for the GHG emitting activities of past generations?

What are the 2 problems with the collectivists response?

What if a country that has emitted a significant amount of GHG is nonetheless very poor? What is Caney’s response?

What should we do if some of those who are required by PPP to pay costs fail to do so? What is Caney’s response?

Summarise the 3 main issues with solving climate change if we use PPP.

According to Caney, who should pay the unpaid costs?

Explain Caney’s overal view.

Define positive duty and negative duty.