Against Denialism

John Broome

doi:10.1093/monist/ony024

Against Denialism

John Broome^*

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Several philosophers deny that an individual person's emissions of greenhouse gas do any harm; I call these "individual denialists." I argue that each individual's emissions may do harm, and that they certainly do expected harm. I respond to the denialists' arguments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	110-129
Number of pages	20
Journal	The Monist
Volume	102
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/monist/ony024
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019
Externally published	Yes

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