An Interpretation of Value Change: A Philosophical Disquisition of Climate Change and Energy Transition Debate

Changing values may give rise to intergenerational conflicts, like in the ongoing climate change and energy transition debate. This essay focuses on interpretative question of how this value can best be understood. To elucidate interpretation change, two philosophical perspectives are introduced: Berlin’s pluralism Dworkin’s interpretivism. While both authors do not explicitly discuss I argue that their used for interpreting case transition. claim pluralistic account would understand as an conflict therefore provide a too narrow static ground understanding change. Instead, by exploring standpoint moral epistemology, distills more encompassing perspective relate, converge, overlap, fulfilling functions course is further detailed taking inspiration from Shue’s work (re)interpretation equity resulting allows us see gradual process rather than clash between generations values.