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PROHIBLUX

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Should we prohibit luxury emissions of greenhouse gases, on top of price constra...
Many share the intuition that the luxury emissions of the global top 1% are morally wrong, given the current state of the climate crisis. Yet, the subsistence/luxury distinction has been used so far to justify a right to subsisten... Many share the intuition that the luxury emissions of the global top 1% are morally wrong, given the current state of the climate crisis. Yet, the subsistence/luxury distinction has been used so far to justify a right to subsistence emissions, rather than a ban on luxury and extravagant emissions. PROHIBLUX aims to develop a carbon-limits theory of emission-permits distribution, i.e. an ethical theory that clearly identifies luxury emissions, indipendently of subsistence emissions, and justifies their proibition. PROHIBLUX research is developed in three stages. First, the candidate will analyse three possible ethical arguments that can support the carbon-limits claim: the axiological argument, the image-externality argument, and the moral-corruption argument. Each argument will be tested against two main objections: the offsetting objection and the coercion objection. Second, the candidate will provide identification criteria for carbon limits, based on the ethical arguments that pass the objections test, and he will address any mismatch by devising an integrated grid of identification criteria. Third, the candidate will lead an ethics-and-policy analysis of different implementation policies of carbon limits, taking also into account the risk of luxury carbon leakage: a ban, a luxury carbon tax and a no-trade individual cap. Through the training program, the candidate will qualify as a researcher at the intersection of ethics and climate policies and acquire new skills related to income and funding generation, project management, student supervision and scientific communication. PROHIBLUX will contribute to the philosophical debate on climate change, proposing a new critique of carbon inequality as an alternative to egalitarian, utilitarian and subsistence-based arguments. PROHIBLUX will contribute to a fair and inclusive transition by developing policy-ready guidelines for the just implementation of carbon limits. ver más
31/01/2026
UCLouvain
192K€
Perfil tecnológico estimado
Duración del proyecto: 32 meses Fecha Inicio: 2023-05-08
Fecha Fin: 2026-01-31

Línea de financiación: concedida

El organismo HORIZON EUROPE notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2023-05-08
Línea de financiación objetivo El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022
Cerrada hace 2 años
Presupuesto El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a 192K€
Líder del proyecto
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN No se ha especificado una descripción o un objeto social para esta compañía.
Perfil tecnológico TRL 4-5