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Philosophical argument identifies duties of fossil fuel corporations for climate reparations, suggesting pathways for reform.
This article provides a philosophical argument that business corporations, especially fossil fuel corporations, bear moral obligations for climate reparation. It identifies four philosophical grounds of such duties. Reparative actions might include monetary transfers, structural remediation or relationship repair. The article offers contributions in two places. First, the proposed ethical obligations provide normative foundations for legislative reform. Second, it highlights the transformative power of shareholders in inducing corporations to enact their obligations, even from within the existing legal parameters of the corporation.
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