http://www.lrb.co.uk/v34/n10/malcolm-bull/what-is-the-rational-response
The recognition that actions are liable to have unintended negative
consequences is a constant in human affairs, whether mediated through
the discourse of theology, economics or environmental science. Such
negative consequences provide the phantom opponents against whom we
strive and from whom we try to learn. Counter-hegemonic movements
invariably seek to harness the latent power of unintended negative
consequences to challenge the status quo. But they are not alone in
this. All morality is in part an effort to mobilise sentiment to
pre-empt negative outcomes, and climate science is just the latest
means through which our actions are amplified back to us to create a
moral connection with their consequences.
---SPSmith
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