President Macron from France had plans to turn his country into a world leader in combating climate change. The Paris agreement that was negotiated in 2015 at the COP21 meeting in Paris had the goal of limiting global warming to an average of well below 2 degrees Celsius. To discourage and reduce the usage of diesel the French Government announced plans to increase taxes on diesel. Instead of cooperating with President Macron. Thousands of French citizens, especially from rural and semi-rural areas where they do not benefit from public transport as much as the large cities revolted. The incident has shown that the promotion of sustainable development cannot be done at the cost of those who can afford higher taxes. This would have been an ethical dilemma if President Macron only had a choice between increasing diesel prices and doing nothing to combat global climate change. 2.1.1 Define “ethical dilemma” 2.1.2 List the four kinds of ethical dilemmas that were identified by Kidder? 2.1.3 If President Macron had to choose between higher diesel prices (to combat global climate change) and higher carbon emissions (which will affect future generations more than the present generation), then what type of ethical dilemma would that have been?
President Macron from France had plans to turn his country into a world leader in combating climate change. The Paris agreement that was negotiated in 2015 at the COP21 meeting in Paris had the goal of limiting global warming to an average of well below 2 degrees Celsius.
To discourage and reduce the usage of diesel the French Government announced plans to increase taxes on diesel. Instead of cooperating with President Macron. Thousands of French citizens, especially from rural and semi-rural areas where they do not benefit from public transport as much as the large cities revolted.
The incident has shown that the promotion of sustainable development cannot be done at the
cost of those who can afford higher taxes. This would have been an ethical dilemma if
President Macron only had a choice between increasing diesel prices and doing nothing to combat global climate change.
2.1.1 Define “ethical dilemma”
2.1.2 List the four kinds of ethical dilemmas that were identified by Kidder?
2.1.3 If President Macron had to choose between higher diesel prices (to combat global climate change) and higher carbon emissions (which will affect future generations more than the present generation), then what type of ethical dilemma would that have been?
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