{"id":324922,"date":"2021-08-15T18:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-driving-an-electric-vehicle-doesnt-make-you-a-good-person\/"},"modified":"2021-08-15T18:00:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T15:00:50","slug":"why-driving-an-electric-vehicle-doesnt-make-you-a-good-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-driving-an-electric-vehicle-doesnt-make-you-a-good-person\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why driving an electric vehicle doesn\u2019t make you a good person"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e3a574ccd9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e3a574ccd9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-driving-an-electric-vehicle-doesnt-make-you-a-good-person\/#Moral_categories\" >Moral categories<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-driving-an-electric-vehicle-doesnt-make-you-a-good-person\/#Why_praise_driving_an_EV\" >Why praise driving an EV?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-driving-an-electric-vehicle-doesnt-make-you-a-good-person\/#Our_other_options\" >Our other options<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Why driving an electric vehicle doesn\u2019t make you a good person<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>One of my family members has a vanity license plate that reads \u201c4THEFUTR.\u201d It adorns their electric vehicle \u2014and might strike some as excessively boastful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>lauding our own actions <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/virtue-signalling-a-slur-meant-to-imply-moral-grandstanding-that-might-not-be-all-bad-145546\">can be perfectly fine<\/a>, but is there anything morally praiseworthy about driving an electric vehicle (EV)?<\/p>\n<p>Many <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2018\/10\/31\/rabbi-argues-that-we-have-a-moral-obligation-to-adopt-evs\/\">would say yes<\/a>, others <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/story\/1286840\/driving-an-electric-car-may-be-fun-but-it-does-not-equal-moral-superiority\/\">aren\u2019t so sure<\/a> since driving EVs might be environmentally neutral or even harmful when both manufacturing and production are considered \u2014 but we should leave those details to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-myth-of-electric-cars-why-we-also-need-to-focus-on-buses-and-trains-147827\">the relevant experts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a moral philosopher, I study the way actions and behaviors acquire their moral statuses. Most of us think some actions are morally good and others are morally bad. But which actions have those statuses and how do they obtain them? I\u2019ll assume that driving EVs is <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly good for the environment, but that assumption doesn\u2019t show that driving EVs is morally praiseworthy.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Moral_categories\"><\/span>Moral categories<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Normally, an action is morally praiseworthy when it\u2019s morally <em>good<\/em>. Philosophers think <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/9781444367072.wbiee118\">good actions come in two types<\/a>. Some actions are morally <em>required<\/em>, like providing your children with care, or not harming people for fun. Performing required actions merits praise, at least technically (in practice it is often strange to do so).<\/p>\n<p>Another type of morally good action is one that\u2019s morally <em>permissible<\/em>. These are actions that we <em>may<\/em> or <em>can<\/em> do but don\u2019t have to. We needn\u2019t exchange pleasantries with an elderly neighbor, but if it brightens their day it can be morally good \u2014 making people feel good in this way is permissible and often praiseworthy.<\/p>\n<p>An important subset of permissible actions are those with a peculiar status, the <em>supererogatory<\/em> \u2014 these are actions that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/supererogation\/\">go above and beyond what\u2019s morally required<\/a>. They are also different from morally permissible actions, because what\u2019s supererogatory often comes with a cost for the person doing it. Saying \u201cgood morning\u201d to our neighbor doesn\u2019t go above and beyond, but making sure to check up on them and help with errands might.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"align-center \">\n<p><figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\" alt=\"An electric vehicle drives through the forest\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415509\/original\/file-20210810-19-x52f4v.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415509\/original\/file-20210810-19-x52f4v.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=400&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415509\/original\/file-20210810-19-x52f4v.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=400&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415509\/original\/file-20210810-19-x52f4v.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=400&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415509\/original\/file-20210810-19-x52f4v.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415509\/original\/file-20210810-19-x52f4v.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415509\/original\/file-20210810-19-x52f4v.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fshift%2F2021%2F08%2F15%2Fwhy-driving-electric-vehicle-might-not-morally-praiseworthy-syndication%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Thinking that driving an EV is morally required is awkward because EVs are expensive. Image via JP Valery\/Unsplash\" data-title=\"Share Thinking that driving an EV is morally required is awkward because EVs are expensive. Image via JP Valery\/Unsplash on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Thinking that driving an EV is morally required is awkward because EVs are expensive. Image via JP Valery\/Unsplash on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Thinking that driving an EV is morally required is awkward because EVs are expensive. Image via JP Valery\/Unsplash<\/figcaption><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415509\/original\/file-20210810-19-x52f4v.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" alt=\"An electric vehicle drives through the forest\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415509\/original\/file-20210810-19-x52f4v.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=400&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415509\/original\/file-20210810-19-x52f4v.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=400&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415509\/original\/file-20210810-19-x52f4v.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=400&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415509\/original\/file-20210810-19-x52f4v.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415509\/original\/file-20210810-19-x52f4v.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415509\/original\/file-20210810-19-x52f4v.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_praise_driving_an_EV\"><\/span>Why praise driving an EV?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With that basic framework in mind, in what way could driving an EV be morally praiseworthy?<\/p>\n<p>If an action is morally required, then we <em>ought<\/em> to do it. And when we ought to do something, many of us think it needs to be the case that we <em>can<\/em> do it. Plausibly, you can\u2019t be required to do something you\u2019re genuinely unable to do. This is a principle that moral philosophers call <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/philpapers.org\/browse\/ought-implies-can\">\u201cOught Implies Can.\u201d<\/a> Whether we should accept this principle is contentious, but a common framing is that if someone ought to perform an action, then they must have the opportunity and means to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking that driving an EV is morally required is an awkward fit. For one, EVs are expensive. Count yourself incredibly fortunate if you\u2019re entertaining buying a $40,000 car. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/electric-car-rebate-canada-half-its-3-year-budget-in-8-months-1.5443129\">Subsidies are supposed<\/a> to bring EVs into reach, but they really operate as benefits for those who <em>already<\/em> have significant material means, rather than as <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> policies <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/social-sciences-and-law\/sociology-and-social-reform\/sociology-general-terms-and-concepts\/difference-principle\">making those worse off, better off<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When people think driving an EV is morally required, they may be assuming that others share situations much like their own: people with significant financial means, who have standalone or private homes, who commute primarily via their own vehicle, etc.<\/p>\n<p>That shows some important material qualifications to the supposed requirement: <em>if<\/em> you drive, <em>if<\/em> you can afford an EV and <em>if<\/em> you have the space to accommodate it, <em>then<\/em> you are morally required to drive one. In that case, driving an EV isn\u2019t a requirement most people have. And whether anyone should do so depends on what other options are available.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"align-center \">\n<p><figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\" alt=\"An electric vehicle charges along a house\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415523\/original\/file-20210810-23-2b5q2l.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415523\/original\/file-20210810-23-2b5q2l.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=401&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415523\/original\/file-20210810-23-2b5q2l.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=401&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415523\/original\/file-20210810-23-2b5q2l.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=401&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415523\/original\/file-20210810-23-2b5q2l.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415523\/original\/file-20210810-23-2b5q2l.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415523\/original\/file-20210810-23-2b5q2l.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fshift%2F2021%2F08%2F15%2Fwhy-driving-electric-vehicle-might-not-morally-praiseworthy-syndication%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Driving an EV isn\u2019t a requirement most people have. Image via Ed Harvey\/Unsplash\" data-title=\"Share Driving an EV isn\u2019t a requirement most people have. Image via Ed Harvey\/Unsplash on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Driving an EV isn\u2019t a requirement most people have. Image via Ed Harvey\/Unsplash on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Driving an EV isn\u2019t a requirement most people have. Image via Ed Harvey\/Unsplash<\/figcaption><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415523\/original\/file-20210810-23-2b5q2l.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" alt=\"An electric vehicle charges along a house\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" class=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415523\/original\/file-20210810-23-2b5q2l.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=401&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415523\/original\/file-20210810-23-2b5q2l.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=401&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415523\/original\/file-20210810-23-2b5q2l.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=401&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415523\/original\/file-20210810-23-2b5q2l.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415523\/original\/file-20210810-23-2b5q2l.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/415523\/original\/file-20210810-23-2b5q2l.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Even if it\u2019s not morally required, similar concerns complicate the idea that driving an EV is morally permissible. Again, the permissibility piggybacks on one\u2019s material means \u2014 being able to afford expensive vehicles, owning a home, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Choosing to drive EVs looks more like a signal of one\u2019s wealth and privilege, rather than something that warrants moral praise. But those aspects might make it more appropriate to say that driving an EV is supererogatory.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Our_other_options\"><\/span>Our other options<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The above framing for the supererogatory choice is limited. There is an easily overlooked option, which also happens to be morally praiseworthy: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-020-00921-7\">driving less, or in some cases not at all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the moral thing to do is to change our habits. Being able to drive, yet choosing not to, or choosing public transportation can really be praiseworthy. And there is a general lesson here that goes beyond EVs: what we\u2019re contrasting our choices against is relevant for moral praise.<\/p>\n<p>EVs are popular in part because they leave much of the status quo intact. When you\u2019re well off, switching to an EV requires little of you. Overlooked here is that sometimes what is praiseworthy is when you decide to go without. When compared to the option to drive less or not at all, it is hard to see driving an EV as something praiseworthy.<\/p>\n<p>There are many moral decisions that make our lives less convenient. Sometimes we should do them anyway, for the future.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. 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