The aim of this project is to analyse the intrinsic values threatened by climate change in the sp... more The aim of this project is to analyse the intrinsic values threatened by climate change in the space of capabilities, which includes elucidating responsible climate change actors and moral objects. Thus, the main question is: Is it possible to develop a comprehensive climate change ethic in the context of international and cross-level climate change responses? The First objective is (a) to identify the values being threatened by climate change. This involves a systematic descriptive analysis of moral theorizing (Jamieson 1995) within climate change discourse. Out of the values identified in (a), the second objective (b) is to distinguish between intrinsic values and values that are only means to a valuable life (instrumental values). This will be carried out by applying TCA, i.e. Sen’s conception of positive freedom to the climate change justice values. The third objective (c) is to develop a climate change ethic consisting of a list of foundational human capabilities. This involves an assessment of whether these intrinsic values/capabilities, according to theoretical and practical reason should be included on a set list of climate change capabilities.
Sedan 1970-talets borjan har miljoetiken vuxit till att bli ett centralt amne inom miljo- och utv... more Sedan 1970-talets borjan har miljoetiken vuxit till att bli ett centralt amne inom miljo- och utvecklingsstudier och hallbarhetsforskning. Genom att utga fran konkreta fall ur svensk miljo- och utv ...
The main aim of this paper is to introduce a discussion about mobility as a climate capability an... more The main aim of this paper is to introduce a discussion about mobility as a climate capability and as a framing of a creative discussion of climate change justice in the context of the capabilities approach and mobility. The main question is: What does it mean to be mobile in climatic times?The paper focuses on mobility as climate capability and relays reflections presented in a special issue of the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities on mobility and development (2010). The concept of holistic mobility is introduced and placed in a climate change context drawing on capabilities research on mobility and on mobilities research with special reference to the so-called mobilities paradigm in social science and the humanities.Mobility is generally considered one of several human capabilities and it is here suggested that climate change research could benefit from embracing a complex concept of mobility rather than what is offered in the literature at present. For example, the mobility as migration concept often overemphasises the moving aspects of mobility whilst underemphasising mobility’s mooring aspects. Further, it tends to focus on one of several mobilities, i.e. geographical or mobility, with the risk of leaving other, interrelated, social and existential mobilities out of sight, out of mind.The paper interrelates the fields of climate change vulnerability, capabilities and mobility thus links social justice to the ability to be moving and mooring in climatic times.
This essay deals with an overlooked issue in the discourse of mobility and environmental ethics: ... more This essay deals with an overlooked issue in the discourse of mobility and environmental ethics: what modes of moving do to me. I suggest that this issue makes more sense with regard to current research on ecopsychology, environmental psychology, postmodern theories, ecological feminism, ecotheology and the mobility discourse than the more common question: what are the best environmental consequences of our use of mobile machines? Starting from a social construction of technology or technosocial point of view (Bauchspies et al. 2006), according to which ‘technology is neither autonomous nor neutral, but dependent on particular social origins’ (Deane-Drummond 2004: 90), I suggest that discussions of the environmental ethical significance of mobile machines cannot be limited to their effects on the environment.The main aim of this essay is to introduce the concept of technogenic and impure identification processes and to suggest that this concept can generate new important questions for environmental mobility ethics. I suggest that the idea of technogenic and impure identifications might serve as a starting point for a new critical ethical endeavour that includes developing an understanding of a sustainable culture of automobility, along with generating new environmental awareness in this context, and a concept of environmental ethics that does not exclude relationships with machines. Accordingly, the main questions are: what does it mean to engage in identification processes with mobile machines; how are technogenic and impure identification proc- esses connected to mobility; what kinds of questions would the concept of technogenic and impure identification processes pose for environmental mobility ethics? The essay is interdisciplinary in so far as I use selected material from sociology, theoretical and empirical ecopsychology, ecotheology, ecological feminism, transport and planning research, postmodern theories and robotics. To some extent this is also a transdisciplinary work, since I shall also draw on my own experiences of having relationships with mobile machines.I shall discuss different concepts or views of the relationships between self, nature and machines. That is, I presuppose that individual and cultural views of the self and of machines have a bearing on our understandings of what constitutes a moral issue and how moral issues can be dealt with in the context of sustainable development. I suggest that if we (may) engage in technogenic identification processes, this implies that we may see ourselves as impure mobile moral agents. Furthermore, I argue that the idea of mobile moral agents as impure can help develop our environmental ethical reflections on mobility in the context of sustainable development.The essay consists of eight sections. First, I introduce the main aims and questions of the essay. I then present the theoretical background for my reflections, and discuss the concept of mobility. I suggest that mobility as potential movement allows for the discussion of three modes and spaces of mobility: internal and external embodied space, geographical space and existential space. Additionally, I suggest that potential mobility in existential space (motility) is a prerequisite for identification proc- esses. In the following sections I introduce a typology of anthropogenic, ecogenic and technogenic identification processes. Following research in empirical environ- mental psychology, I suggest that identification with mobile machines (may) involve the same or similar aspects as identification with non-human organisms. I go on to discuss ideas of impure identification processes and the cyborg as an environmental ethical ideal and impure border dweller. Finally, I conclude with a discussion of what modes of moving may do to us and suggest some implications for environmental mobility ethics that follow from the idea of an individual being an impure mobile agent.
It is not necessary to agree that the capabilities approach is the preeminent normative model for... more It is not necessary to agree that the capabilities approach is the preeminent normative model for climate change justice in order to see its analytical added value in the context of climate change justice and adaptation. However, like any other theorizing about social justice, it has its specific limits, outside of which it leaves us without guidance. Therefore, the capabilities approach draws our attention to the specific issue of whether climate change policy and research address barriers and enabling factors of intrinsic values of human well-being and, if so, how, when, and for whom, policy and research may address climate change adaptation for well-being.
The main purpose of this article is to introduce a discussion about ethics and mobility in a clim... more The main purpose of this article is to introduce a discussion about ethics and mobility in a climate change context. This is accomplished through a con-ceptual analysis of holistic mobility as posi ...
Encountering Nature on the Move. A transactional analysis of Jenny Diski's Travelogue Daydrea... more Encountering Nature on the Move. A transactional analysis of Jenny Diski's Travelogue Daydreaming and Smoking around America with interruptions.
The aim of this project is to analyse the intrinsic values threatened by climate change in the sp... more The aim of this project is to analyse the intrinsic values threatened by climate change in the space of capabilities, which includes elucidating responsible climate change actors and moral objects. Thus, the main question is: Is it possible to develop a comprehensive climate change ethic in the context of international and cross-level climate change responses? The First objective is (a) to identify the values being threatened by climate change. This involves a systematic descriptive analysis of moral theorizing (Jamieson 1995) within climate change discourse. Out of the values identified in (a), the second objective (b) is to distinguish between intrinsic values and values that are only means to a valuable life (instrumental values). This will be carried out by applying TCA, i.e. Sen’s conception of positive freedom to the climate change justice values. The third objective (c) is to develop a climate change ethic consisting of a list of foundational human capabilities. This involves an assessment of whether these intrinsic values/capabilities, according to theoretical and practical reason should be included on a set list of climate change capabilities.
Sedan 1970-talets borjan har miljoetiken vuxit till att bli ett centralt amne inom miljo- och utv... more Sedan 1970-talets borjan har miljoetiken vuxit till att bli ett centralt amne inom miljo- och utvecklingsstudier och hallbarhetsforskning. Genom att utga fran konkreta fall ur svensk miljo- och utv ...
The main aim of this paper is to introduce a discussion about mobility as a climate capability an... more The main aim of this paper is to introduce a discussion about mobility as a climate capability and as a framing of a creative discussion of climate change justice in the context of the capabilities approach and mobility. The main question is: What does it mean to be mobile in climatic times?The paper focuses on mobility as climate capability and relays reflections presented in a special issue of the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities on mobility and development (2010). The concept of holistic mobility is introduced and placed in a climate change context drawing on capabilities research on mobility and on mobilities research with special reference to the so-called mobilities paradigm in social science and the humanities.Mobility is generally considered one of several human capabilities and it is here suggested that climate change research could benefit from embracing a complex concept of mobility rather than what is offered in the literature at present. For example, the mobility as migration concept often overemphasises the moving aspects of mobility whilst underemphasising mobility’s mooring aspects. Further, it tends to focus on one of several mobilities, i.e. geographical or mobility, with the risk of leaving other, interrelated, social and existential mobilities out of sight, out of mind.The paper interrelates the fields of climate change vulnerability, capabilities and mobility thus links social justice to the ability to be moving and mooring in climatic times.
This essay deals with an overlooked issue in the discourse of mobility and environmental ethics: ... more This essay deals with an overlooked issue in the discourse of mobility and environmental ethics: what modes of moving do to me. I suggest that this issue makes more sense with regard to current research on ecopsychology, environmental psychology, postmodern theories, ecological feminism, ecotheology and the mobility discourse than the more common question: what are the best environmental consequences of our use of mobile machines? Starting from a social construction of technology or technosocial point of view (Bauchspies et al. 2006), according to which ‘technology is neither autonomous nor neutral, but dependent on particular social origins’ (Deane-Drummond 2004: 90), I suggest that discussions of the environmental ethical significance of mobile machines cannot be limited to their effects on the environment.The main aim of this essay is to introduce the concept of technogenic and impure identification processes and to suggest that this concept can generate new important questions for environmental mobility ethics. I suggest that the idea of technogenic and impure identifications might serve as a starting point for a new critical ethical endeavour that includes developing an understanding of a sustainable culture of automobility, along with generating new environmental awareness in this context, and a concept of environmental ethics that does not exclude relationships with machines. Accordingly, the main questions are: what does it mean to engage in identification processes with mobile machines; how are technogenic and impure identification proc- esses connected to mobility; what kinds of questions would the concept of technogenic and impure identification processes pose for environmental mobility ethics? The essay is interdisciplinary in so far as I use selected material from sociology, theoretical and empirical ecopsychology, ecotheology, ecological feminism, transport and planning research, postmodern theories and robotics. To some extent this is also a transdisciplinary work, since I shall also draw on my own experiences of having relationships with mobile machines.I shall discuss different concepts or views of the relationships between self, nature and machines. That is, I presuppose that individual and cultural views of the self and of machines have a bearing on our understandings of what constitutes a moral issue and how moral issues can be dealt with in the context of sustainable development. I suggest that if we (may) engage in technogenic identification processes, this implies that we may see ourselves as impure mobile moral agents. Furthermore, I argue that the idea of mobile moral agents as impure can help develop our environmental ethical reflections on mobility in the context of sustainable development.The essay consists of eight sections. First, I introduce the main aims and questions of the essay. I then present the theoretical background for my reflections, and discuss the concept of mobility. I suggest that mobility as potential movement allows for the discussion of three modes and spaces of mobility: internal and external embodied space, geographical space and existential space. Additionally, I suggest that potential mobility in existential space (motility) is a prerequisite for identification proc- esses. In the following sections I introduce a typology of anthropogenic, ecogenic and technogenic identification processes. Following research in empirical environ- mental psychology, I suggest that identification with mobile machines (may) involve the same or similar aspects as identification with non-human organisms. I go on to discuss ideas of impure identification processes and the cyborg as an environmental ethical ideal and impure border dweller. Finally, I conclude with a discussion of what modes of moving may do to us and suggest some implications for environmental mobility ethics that follow from the idea of an individual being an impure mobile agent.
It is not necessary to agree that the capabilities approach is the preeminent normative model for... more It is not necessary to agree that the capabilities approach is the preeminent normative model for climate change justice in order to see its analytical added value in the context of climate change justice and adaptation. However, like any other theorizing about social justice, it has its specific limits, outside of which it leaves us without guidance. Therefore, the capabilities approach draws our attention to the specific issue of whether climate change policy and research address barriers and enabling factors of intrinsic values of human well-being and, if so, how, when, and for whom, policy and research may address climate change adaptation for well-being.
The main purpose of this article is to introduce a discussion about ethics and mobility in a clim... more The main purpose of this article is to introduce a discussion about ethics and mobility in a climate change context. This is accomplished through a con-ceptual analysis of holistic mobility as posi ...
Encountering Nature on the Move. A transactional analysis of Jenny Diski's Travelogue Daydrea... more Encountering Nature on the Move. A transactional analysis of Jenny Diski's Travelogue Daydreaming and Smoking around America with interruptions.
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