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Headings: Individual Responsibility for Climate Change
Individual Responsibility for Climate Change
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Individual Responsibility for Climate Change

Content: the outcome produced is intended – i.e. wished, wanted, or desired – by the agent; b. causality: the agent's action makes a difference7 for the outcome produced; c. control: ceteris paribus, the agent is able to control the outcomes of her action, i.e. she is able to prevent their occurrence.8  The dynamics of anthropogenic climate change is such that no single action can make a difference in current climatic trends, even though climate change is the product of several individual actions. Moreover, occurrence of climate change cannot be prevented by the effort of individuals. Individual acts can at most contribute to climate change, they can be parts of complex causal chains producing dangerous warming, b