Associazione ESSPER periodici italiani di economia, scienze sociali e storia
Autori: Pellegrino, Gianfranco, Di Paola, Marcello Titolo: Sospensione riproduttiva temporanea: etica delle popolazioni e cambiamento climatico Periodico: Iride Anno: 2012 - Volume: 25 - Fascicolo: 65 - Pagina iniziale: 57 - Pagina finale: 78
This paper focuses on a specific proposal connected with the issue of mitigating climate change by reducing GHG concentrations in the atmosphere. The idea of campaigning in favour of a temporary reproductive suspension, to be addressed to a range of citizens of developed countries (20-35 years old women, 25-45 years old men), is explored. Some details of the proposal are specified, and the proposal itself is defended against four objec- tions: 1. that it encroaches reproductive freedom; 2. that it subtracts from the overall value the value of future lives; 3. that it is costly and ineffectual; 4. that it is unfair, especially when women are considered.