{"id":3009,"date":"2022-04-11T12:48:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T11:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/mancept\/?page_id=3009"},"modified":"2022-08-26T11:21:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T10:21:42","slug":"climate-activism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/mancept\/mancept-workshops\/programme-2022-panels\/climate-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Activism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_module=&#8221;322&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_menu global_parent=&#8221;322&#8243; menu_id=&#8221;8&#8243; submenu_direction=&#8221;downwards&#8221; fullwidth_menu=&#8221;off&#8221; module_class=&#8221;main-navigation&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; module_class=&#8221;header-image-section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.74&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;padding-top:0px&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;off&#8221; module_class=&#8221;header-image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/mancept\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2022\/02\/Oxford-Roadcrop.jpg&#8221; show_bottom_space=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; border_color_all=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.74&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#1d1d1d&#8221;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;off&#8221; module_class=&#8221;breadcrumbs-row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Breadcrumbs (do not remove)&#8221; module_class=&#8221;breadcrumbs&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;border-bottom: 1px solid #ececed;&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/mancept\/\">MANCEPT<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Climate Activism<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Francisco Garcia-Gibson and Temi Ogunye<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>University Place 5.206 (Hybrid)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There has been significant philosophical work on activism in recent years, but the topic of climate activism remains underexplored. Climate change may become the defining political challenge of the XXIst century, and dramatic instances of climate activism \u2013 such as Extinction Rebellion protests or the global school strikes movement \u2013 have powerfully caught public attention. The aim of this workshop is to facilitate philosophical discussion on climate activism, particularly around the following sets of questions:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The ends of climate activism<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What should the end of climate activism be? Arguably, it should combine mitigation, adaptation, and compensation for the disastrous consequences of climate change, but should activists partly prioritise one of these ends over the others?<\/li>\n<li>Some activists claim that climate disaster cannot be averted without dismantling the structures of global capitalism and imperialism. But is this aim feasible, given the urgency of averting climate disaster?<\/li>\n<li>One important driver of individual behaviour is culture \u2013 the repository of norms, values, and representations that members of social groups possess. Should climate activism aim to change culture and, if so, how?<\/li>\n<li>Should (climate) activism be defined as action that aims to bring about social or political ends? What about action that is non-strategic or purely expressive?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The means of climate activism<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One distinction worth drawing is between legal and illegal climate activism. Does illegal climate activism stand in need of moral justification qua illegal climate activism? If so, where and why?<\/li>\n<li>Another distinction worth drawing is between harmful and nonharmful climate activism. Does all harmful climate activism stand in need of moral justification? Should we treat physical harm to persons and harm to property the same or differently?<\/li>\n<li>Is it appropriate or helpful to apply the ethics of self-defence framework to the issue of climate change?<\/li>\n<li>Is the distinction between civil and uncivil activism useful in the climate activism debate?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The agents of climate activism<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is often complained that those who typically engage in climate activism are unrepresentative of wider society, particularly of those likely to be most negatively impacted by climate change. But do the identities of climate activists matter?<\/li>\n<li>Do the responsibilities associated with climate activism vary depending on the agent in question?<\/li>\n<li>Does the fact that climate change is a global collective action problem mean that locally focused activism is ineffective, and therefore unjustified? Or do activists instead have reasons to coordinate, cooperate, and perhaps even to collectivise and thereby form a transnational group agent?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">\n<p><strong><br \/>Thursday 8<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong> September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"103\">\n<p>9:30-11:30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"497\">\n<p><em>Qu\u00e2n Nguyen<\/em>: \u2018Beware of False Hopes &#8211; Pessimism for Climate Activists\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>Harriet Bergman<\/em>: \u2018Lordean rage: an apt response to realizing one\u2019s privileged position within climate activism\u2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"103\">\n<p>11:30-12:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"497\">\n<p>Tea and Coffee Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"103\">\n<p>12:00-13:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"497\">\n<p><em>Lukas Fuchs<\/em>: \u2018Individual Obligation in Market Shaping\u2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"103\">\n<p>13:00-14:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"497\">\n<p>Lunch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"103\">\n<p>14:00-16:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"497\">\n<p><em>Elias Konig<\/em>: \u2018Striking Fossil Capital: Towards a Theory of the Climate Strike\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>Robin Zheng<\/em>: \u2018\u201cWhy Should I Care?\u201d: Climate, Intersectionality, and Connecting the Dots\u2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"103\">\n<p>16:00-16:30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"497\">\n<p>Tea and Coffee Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"103\">\n<p>16:30-17:30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"497\">\n<p><em>Alex McLaughlin<\/em>: TBC<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"600\">\n<p><strong><br \/>Friday 9<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong> September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"103\">\n<p>9:30-11:30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"497\">\n<p><em>Astrid Heidemann Simonsen<\/em>: \u2018The Value (and Inevitability) of Complicit and Harmful Climate Activism\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>Gina Haubner<\/em>: \u2018A Moral Justification for Radical Disobedience in the Environmental Crisis\u2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"103\">\n<p>11:30-12:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"497\">\n<p>Tea and Coffee Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"103\">\n<p>12:00-13:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"497\">\n<p><em>Nat Rutherford<\/em>: \u2018Climate legitimacy, not climate justice\u2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"103\">\n<p>13:00-14:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"497\">\n<p>Lunch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"103\">\n<p>14:00-16:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"497\">\n<p><em>Francisco Garcia-Gibson<\/em>: \u2018The Philosophy of Climate Activism: a Review\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>Antoine Louette<\/em>: \u2018Environmental Activism as the Bridging of the \u201cSpecies Gap\u201d<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; 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