Using Catholic Social Thought and the Normativity of the Future in Responding to the Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change

• Main Author: Puen, Stephanie Ann Yu
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Catholic social thought; normativity of the future; SDG 13 (climate action); super wicked problems; sustainable development goals (SDGs); Arts and Humanities; Catholic Studies; Climate; Environmental Sciences; Practical Theology; Religion; Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion; Sustainability
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/theology-faculty-pubs/99; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/theology-faculty-pubs/article/1099/viewcontent/religions_15_01281.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The climate crisis has been dubbed a “super wicked problem”—one where there is a sense of urgency, complicity in the problem by those who wish to solve it, and difficulty in sacrificing the short term for the long term. To respond to the difficulty of long-term thinking in addressing super wicked pr...