Explicit Methodologies for Normative Evaluation in Public Policy, as Applied to Carbon Budgets

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dc.contributor.authorMintz-Woo, Kian
dc.contributor.funderIReL, the Irish library consortium
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-17T11:33:01Z
dc.date.available2026-08-17T11:33:01Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractWhat could philosophical or justice perspectives contribute to climate (and other applied philosophy) policy discussions? This question is important for philosophers on government policy committees. This article identifies two novel concerns about such contexts (which I call ‘contingent selection’ and ‘committee deference’) and systematizes some potential methodologies before arguing for a previously unrecognized methodology that focuses on disciplinary convergence. After supporting this methodology by providing several justifications, the Appendix explains how to apply it when evaluating a carbon budget. This methodology and its application are meant to be of interest to both theorists and practitioners.en
dc.description.sponsorshipPart of the discussion draws on voluntary committee work that the author engaged in for the Irish government's Carbon Budget Working Group (2024–5). Thanks to Pierre André, Alyssa R Bernstein, Megan Blomfield, Vittorio Bufacchi, Blake Francis, Meabh Gallagher, Francisco Garcia-Gibson, Laura García-Portela, Ewan Kingston, Philip O'Brien, Don Ross, and Diana Piroli as well as others in the Carbon Budget Working Group for thoughts and input. Thanks to audiences at the University of Oxford (especially Hayden Wilkinson, Jo Wolff, Joel Martinsson, Johan Go, Jonathan Floyd, and Doug Bamford), Harvard University (especially Britta Clark, Arthur Obst, Ronald Sandler, Lucas Stanczyk, and Kathrin von Allmen), and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (especially Diana Piroli and Alberto Pirni). Many thanks to the editors, including the guest editors, as well as to the anonymous reviewers, for a variety of helpful comments. Open access funding was provided by IReL, the Irish library consortium.
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dc.identifier.authororcidMintz-Woo, Kian§0000-0002-9216-9561
dc.identifier.citationMintz-Woo, K 2026, 'Explicit Methodologies for Normative Evaluation in Public Policy, as Applied to Carbon Budgets', Journal of Applied Philosophy, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 906-930. https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.70047, https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.70047
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/japp.70047
dc.identifier.endpage930
dc.identifier.issn0264-3758
dc.identifier.issued4
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Applied Philosophy
dc.identifier.startpage906
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/19122
dc.identifier.volume43
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons Inc
dc.relation.urihttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105015475763
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/japp.70047
dc.rightsPublisher Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Journal of Applied Philosophy published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society for Applied Philosophy.
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dc.rights.licensenameAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.statusPeer reviewed
dc.titleExplicit Methodologies for Normative Evaluation in Public Policy, as Applied to Carbon Budgetsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)
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