An ancient creature roams the ocean floor to this day. It has survived over 440 million years and numerous catastrophic events in the earth’s history – ice ages, volcanic eruptions and even asteroids. Studies of these “living fossils” as they’re often referred to, have led to Nobel prizes and revolutionized the medical industry.
It is unfortunate that Climate Change is one of those controversial issues in the US, and the world in general, which frames the argument in moral terms. The other issues that come to mind are Gay Marriage, Abortion, and Immigration Reform. Moral issues unfortunately are difficult to decipher, and many political theorists would agree, belong outside of the realm of political discourse. Thousands of years of history tells us that when issues are framed as moral imperatives, the issue never gets settled. Just think back to the protestant reformation, for starters. Or the moral issues raised by the idea the earth revolves around the sun, rather than the inverse arrangement.
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