Ignoring population growth’s role in environmental harm is a moral failure of omission

Evidence

This requires slowing the rate of population growth, stabilizing it, and then reducing it to a level that is environmentally sustainable. High-consumption lifestyles that wreak havoc on the environment and harm other people’s lives are a moral issue of commission. Evading the influential role of population growth in environmental degradation is a moral issue of omission. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2582

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• DEFINE: Sharply distinguishes moral issues of commission (active harm like overconsumption) from moral issues of omission (failing to address population) — a clean analytic frame.

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