Universalization, integrity and individual emissions

At a glance

Project duration
10/2026  – 09/2029
DFG classification of subject areas

Practical Philosophy

Philosophy

Funded by

DFG Individual Research Grant DFG Individual Research Grant

Project description

This project examines reasons for the reduction of individual emissions that may arise from the universalization of emissions-intensive behavior. Do the various universalization strategies of classical moral philosophical positions, such as Kantianism or Contractualism, provide plausible reasons for the reduction of individual emissions? To what extent should moral judgment also take into account the non-ideal conditions under which individual actions often take place in our world? What fundamental implications does this have for the content of moral duties to protect the climate? Do approaches that focus more on the individual good life suggest further reasons for reducing emissions? Is universalizability also relevant for virtue ethical considerations in order to explain conflicts that undermine integrity?

Cooperation partners

  • Cooperation partner
    Germany

    German Research Foundation