Human beings are the cause of many current environmental problems. This poses the question of how to respond to these problems at the national and international level. However, many people ask themselves whether they should personally contribute to solving these problems and how they could (best) do so. This is the focus of this Special Issue on Individual Environmental Responsibility. The introduction proposes a way to structure this complex debate by distinguishing three broad clusters of arguments. The first cluster tackles the kind of ethical theory we need to properly address different aspects of individual responsibility. The second cluster asks what individuals should do from an ethical point of view. The third cluster investigates the role of contextual factors and the limits of demandingness in individual obligations. This introduction presents the papers of the Special Issue and the interrelations between them using those clusters of arguments as reference.

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个人环境责任特刊介绍

人类是当前许多环境问题的根源。这就提出了如何在国家和国际层面应对这些问题的问题。然而，许多人问自己，他们是否应该亲自为解决这些问题做出贡献，以及他们如何（最好）这样做。这是本期关于个人环境责任的特刊的重点。引言提出了一种通过区分三大类论点来构建这场复杂辩论的方法。第一个集群处理我们需要正确解决个人责任的不同方面的伦理理论。第二个集群询问个人从道德的角度应该做什么。第三组调查背景因素的作用和个人义务的要求限制。