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Author(s) and/or Contributor(s): Jessica Bailey, Daniel Lumpee, Todd Newkirk, Adam Torson

Description: Topic analysis and evidence for the October 2012 PF topic. Subjects covered include the Distributive Justice, Intergenerational Justice, Restorative Justice, climate change science, policy approaches to addressing climate change, and much more.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2
TOPIC ANALYSIS BY JESSICA BAILEY 5
TOPIC ANALYSIS BY DANIEL LUMPEE 17
TOPIC ANALYSIS BY TODD NEWKIRK 27
TOPIC ANALYSIS BY ADAM TORSON 37
FRAMEWORK EVIDENCE 45
COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE REQUIRES BOTH MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION 45
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IS A CLASSIC TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS 46
MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION ARE DISTINCT STRATEGIES FOR DEALING WITH GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE 47
ADAPTATION RAISES MORAL QUESTIONS BEYOND THE BURDEN-SHARING QUESTION RAISED BY MITIGATION 48
UNCERTAINTY MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO CONVINCE ACTORS TO BEAR THE BURDENS OF MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION 49
CAP AND TRADE DEFINED 50
CAP AND TRADE DESCRIBED 51
AFFIRMATIVE EVIDENCE 52
THE EXISTENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE 52
UNMITIGATED GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE WILL BE HUGELY COSTLY, THOUGH CONCERNS REMAIN ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE COSTS OF ABATEMENT 53
THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING ARE DISTRIBUTED UNEQUALLY 54
GREENHOUSE GAS PRODUCING NATIONS SHOULD SHARE IN AN INSURANCE PROGRAM TO COMPENSATE THOSE HARMED BY CLIMATE CHANGE 56
MANY SYSTEMS FOR ALLOCATING THE COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE HAVE REGRESSIVE EFFECTS 57
DISTRIBUTING THE COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE BASED ON ABILITY TO PAY AVOIDS THE REGRESSIVE IMPACT OF A “POLLUTER PAYS” SYSTEM 58
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IS UNPREDICTABLE, SO DISTRIBUTING THIS UNPREDICTABILITY EQUITABLY IS REQUIRED BY FAIRNESS 59
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IS LARGELY THE RICH IMPOSING HARM ON THE POOR 60
CLIMATE CHANGE LARGELY IMPOSES HARMS ON THE MOST VULNERABLE 61
SMALL ISLANDS AND LOW-LYING AREAS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE 62
REGIONS THAT ARE ALREADY VERY DRY ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE 63
ECONOMIC ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF ADAPTATION OVER MITIGATION FAIL TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF HARMS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE 64
RAWLSIAN THEORY REQUIRES EQUAL REGARD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS 65
A LEGAL NORM OF INTERGENERATIONAL EQUALITY WOULD CREATE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF TRUSTEESHIP IN THE ENVIRONMENT 66
INTERGENERATIONAL JUSTICE IS PREFERABLE TO CONCEPTIONS OF JUSTICE BASED IN RECIPROCITY 67
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES OBLIGATION TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE COMES FROM A NORM OF INTERGENERATIONAL STEWARDSHIP 68
THE COMMUNITARIAN APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE ETHICS FOCUSES ON THE SURVIVAL OF THE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN THE ROLE OF STEWARDSHIP 69
A NORM OF STEWARDSHIP BETTER ADDRESSES TRANSNATIONAL CONCERNS THAN ONE OF COMMUNITARIANISM 70
MODERN GLOBAL CONNECTIONS MAKE IT INCUMBENT UPON POWERFUL NATIONS TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING IN OTHER NATIONS 71
ECONOMIC ARGUMENTS AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION ASSUME THAT LIFE IS LESS VALUEABLE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 72
CLIMATE CHANGE WILL CAUSE SOCIALLY DISRUPTIVE MASS MIGRATIONS 73
CLIMATE CHANGE CAN CAUSE ACUTE THREATS TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY 74
STATES MUST ACT ON MORAL OBLIGATIONS TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY WEAK MATERIAL INCENTIVES TO DO SO 75
CLIMATE CHANGE HAS BOTH DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH 76
CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASE 77
CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT FUNDAMENTALLY AN ECONOMIC ISSUE; IT SIMPLY INVOLVES ONE PARTY HARMING ANOTHER WITHOUT MEANINGFUL COMPENSATION 78
DEVELOPED NATIONS CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE AND CAN BEST AFFORD TO FIX IT 79
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BENEFIT MORE WHEN DEVELOPED NATIONS MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE THAN WHEN THEY MAINTAINED AN UNCOMPROMISING PURSUIT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH 80
MARKET-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM EMPLOYS PRAGMATICALLY AND MORALLY QUESTIONABLE ASSUMPTIONS 81
TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES DO NOT ALLEVIATE STATE OBLIGATIONS TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE 82
NEGATIVE EVIDENCE 83
SIMPLY TRANSFERING RESOURCES TO THE DEVELOPING WORLD TO COMPENSATE THEM FOR THE INCREMENTAL COSTS OF DECREASED EMISSIONS CREATES PERVERSE INCENTIVES 83
ONLY TECHNOLOGY CAN ACHIEVE THE TARGETS SET BY THE G8 FOR CLIMATE CONTROL 85
GOVERNMENTS SHOULD TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE BY INVESTMENT, NOT REGULATION 86
EMISSIONS TARGETS ARE INADEQUATE TO SPUR THE INNOVATION NECESSARY TO CORRECT CLIMATE CHANGE 87
SIMPLY INCREASING THE PRICE OF CARBON PRODUCTION UNDERMINES JOB-PRODUCING INDUSTRIES AND IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE POPULAR SUPPORT 88
A TECHNOLOGY-FIRST APPROACH HAS LESS RISK THAN CONVENTIONAL REGULATIONS 89
A TECHNOLOGY-LED ALTERNATIVE TO CONVENTIONAL REGULATION IS ATTRACTIVE TO OTHER NATION’S WHOSE COOPERATION IS NEEDED TO AFFECT CLIMATE CHANGE 90
GOVERNMENT CAN’T PICK WINNER AND LOSER INDUSTRIES IF TECHNOLOGY-LED CLIMATE REFORM IS TO WORK 91
STATE-CENTRIC CLIMATE CHANGE REGIMES HAVE FAILED 92
FOCUSING ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF STATES IS INADEQUATE TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE 93
FOCUSING ON THE OBILGATIONS OF STATES OBSCURES INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY 94
REFORM IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IS INSUFFICIENT TO AVERT GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE 95
ESTIMATES OF DISEASE-RELATED GLOBAL WARMING DEATHS ARE PLAGUED BY CONFOUNDING VARIABLES 96
THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON GLOBAL HEALTH IS DIFFICULT TO DETECT GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN THIS AREA 97
FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, RISKY CHOICES HAVE A SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER EFFECT ON GLOBAL HEALTH THAN CLIMATE CHANGE 98
SIMPLY FOCUSING ON GLOBAL COOLING DOES NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF GLOBAL INJUSTICE RAISED BY CLIMATE CHANGE 99
JUSTICE AS RECIPROCITY IS INCONSISTENT WITH INTERGENERATIONAL JUSTICE 100
CAP AND TRADE WOULD MAKE ENERGY PRICES SKYROCKET AND COST MILLIONS OF JOBS 101
CAP AND TRADE WILL INCREASE ALREADY HIGH ENERGY PRICES 102
CAP AND TRADE HAS FAILED IN EUROPE 103
CAP AND TRADE DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMS THE POOR 104
CAP AND TRADE HARMS ENERGY SECURITY BY MAKING MIDDLE EAST OIL IMPORTS MORE ECONOMICALLY COMPETITIVE WITH NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY SOURCES 105
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ARE UBIQUITOUS IN OUR ECONOMY, MAKING CAP AND TRADE INVIABLE COMPARED TO IT’S USE FOR SULPHUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS 106
CAP AND TRADE HAS ONLY A MARGINAL EFFECT ON CLIMATE CHANGE 107
CAP AND TRADE WILL CAUSE THE FLIGHT OF AMERICAN COMPANIES OVERSEAS 108
A CAP AND TRADE PROGRAM HAS TO BE PERFECTLY CALIBRATED OR THE HARMS OVERWHELM THE ADVANTAGES 109
POPULAR CAP AND TRADE PROPOSAL HAVE A HIGH ECONOMIC COST AND A NEGLIGIBLE 110
POPULAR PROPOSALS FOR CAP AND TRADE INEXPLICABLY FAIL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELL CARBON SHARES RATHER THAN GIVING THEM AWAY 111
THE WAXMAN-MARKEY BILL WOULD SHIFT THE COSTS OF CARBON EMISSIONS AWAY FROM LOCAL UTILITIES, ULTIMATELY DISPLACING HIGHER COSTS ONTO ALL AMERICANS 112

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