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It's easy to come to the opinion that there is an evil villain capitalist making lots of money and pumping externalities into the environment. Whilst this may be true in some cases perhaps the [[relativity of ethics]] can excuse some of the culprits. If you did not have something on the lowest [[Maslow's hierarchy|Maslow Hierarchy]] rung would you not jeopardise the anonymous other? | It's easy to come to the opinion that there is an evil villain capitalist making lots of money and pumping externalities into the environment. Whilst this may be true in some cases perhaps the [[relativity of ethics]] can excuse some of the culprits. If you did not have something on the lowest [[Maslow's hierarchy|Maslow Hierarchy]] rung would you not jeopardise the anonymous other? | ||
== Externality Minimisation == | |||
Quantifying externalities is very difficult as many externalities are quantitative. For instance strip mining a coal field would ruin a beautiful view of nature which would last for as long as humans are alive, so would this not be priceless? A better thought experiment is the humble cup of coffee. | |||