Garvey's Argument Against Climate Change

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B) “Because, in the past, wealthy industrialized countries (like the U.S.) have taken unfair advantage of less developed countries in using the atmosphere as a carbon sink, the people now living in these wealthier countries should bear more of the cost in dealing with climate change problems than the less developed countries (e.g., India).” (i) There is an argument against this that claims that the people of the past were unaware of the science of climate change, and since they acted unintentionally, and in law people have to act intentionally in order to be held responsible, these people and their descendants are not responsible for their actions. Firstly, Garvey makes a counterargument to this by pointing out that the warming effect of greenhouses