האם קיזוז פחמן הוא מוסרי? [מתוך המדור: חזית המחקר]

Do carbon-offsetting schemes morally offset emissions? The moral equivalence thesis is the claim that the combination of emitting greenhouse gasses and offsetting those missions is morally equivalent to not emitting at all. An influential argument in favor of this thesis is premised on two claims, one empirical and the other normative: (1) When you emit + offset, the net result is the same as that of not emitting. (2) With emissions, the net result is what matters morally. The article argues against both premises. The net result of emitting + offsetting is often not equivalent to that of not emitting, and even when it is equivalent, the net result is not the only thing that matters morally. The conclusion is that although we should offset our emissions, avoiding emissions is morally preferable.