Another in the series. Skeptical Science’ John Cook asks major scientists – “What’s your elevator pitch for climate science?”
Here Ken Caldeira summarizes a moral perspective.
Another in the series. Skeptical Science’ John Cook asks major scientists – “What’s your elevator pitch for climate science?”
Here Ken Caldeira summarizes a moral perspective.
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IMO, the moral issue is the whole issue. Why we are here, and whatever put us here, we have no “right” to destroy it all through our own greed and shortsightedness.
I have found this argument to be a tough sell to the unwashed. The comeback is always “Man was put here to have dominion….”, and “It’s all part of god’s plan….”, and all that happy reality-denying horseshit. I have found that the unwashed respond best to “It’s going to hit YOU and yours in YOUR pocketbooks” types of arguments—-pay now or pay lots more later. They don’t seem to care much about whatever burdens they are laying on future generations, though.
Isn’t it interesting that those who claim the moral high ground on account of their religion are also the ones most likely to NOT be moved by moral arguments? Pride before the fall…
This is a powerful argument, and powerfully uncomfortable for most people to face up to. It deserves more attention. If only the future generations could sue in today’s court for their rights… lawyers tend to get people listening.
Also, ditch the elevator music – it is the worst… I mean to say THE WORST music ever to accompany one of these summaries!
“Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself.” – Confucius
The golden rule unites nearly every (if not every) religion and moral belief mankind has. So much happens in the name of religion, so why not take note of the various forms of the rule.
“Do to others what you want them to do to you. This is the meaning of the law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets”