According to Sinnott-Armstrong, individuals ought to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions because the maxims of our actions should be universalizable.

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Sinnott-Armstrong argues against the idea that individuals have a moral obligation to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions based on Kantian ethics, including the principle of universalizability. He suggests that individual actions, such as driving a gas-guzzling car, do not significantly contribute to global warming in a way that would make such actions morally wrong based on their universalizability.

According to Sinnott-Armstrong, Individuals Ought to Reduce Their Greenhouse Gas