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Pipelines, provocateurs and pacifists

Spetz, Johanna LU (2024) STVK04 20232
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Would you fight climate change at any cost? In the modern day debate, opinions on the appropriate measures to draw attention to the climate crisis are divided. When conventional methods fall short, some activists resort to more assertive approaches. The green left is debating climate strategies, with intellectuals like Andreas Malm and Alf Hornborg offering opposing views on the morality and effectiveness of violent measures. This essay aims to explore the intersection between ethics and climate issues by examining which normative values underpin the identified premises of arguments both in favor of and against the use of violence in climate activism. The results give us cause to assume that despite apparent differences, Malm and Hornborg... (More)
Would you fight climate change at any cost? In the modern day debate, opinions on the appropriate measures to draw attention to the climate crisis are divided. When conventional methods fall short, some activists resort to more assertive approaches. The green left is debating climate strategies, with intellectuals like Andreas Malm and Alf Hornborg offering opposing views on the morality and effectiveness of violent measures. This essay aims to explore the intersection between ethics and climate issues by examining which normative values underpin the identified premises of arguments both in favor of and against the use of violence in climate activism. The results give us cause to assume that despite apparent differences, Malm and Hornborg hold similar foundational values. What instead ultimately separates them may hold the key to understanding why having a fruitful debate on climate activism proves challenging. (Less)
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author
Spetz, Johanna LU
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alternative title
An examination of the defense and denunciation of violence in climate activism
course
STVK04 20232
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Climate change, climate activism, violence, nonviolence, deontology, consequentialism, values, ethics.
language
English
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9143310
date added to LUP
2024-03-12 15:13:42
date last changed
2024-03-12 15:13:42
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  abstract     = {{Would you fight climate change at any cost? In the modern day debate, opinions on the appropriate measures to draw attention to the climate crisis are divided. When conventional methods fall short, some activists resort to more assertive approaches. The green left is debating climate strategies, with intellectuals like Andreas Malm and Alf Hornborg offering opposing views on the morality and effectiveness of violent measures. This essay aims to explore the intersection between ethics and climate issues by examining which normative values underpin the identified premises of arguments both in favor of and against the use of violence in climate activism. The results give us cause to assume that despite apparent differences, Malm and Hornborg hold similar foundational values. What instead ultimately separates them may hold the key to understanding why having a fruitful debate on climate activism proves challenging.}},
  author       = {{Spetz, Johanna}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Pipelines, provocateurs and pacifists}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}