Perhaps, but this can be expanded to how much suffering now vs suffering in the future, and how far one is willing to go to prevent future suffering.

The mechanism is simple: sales tax that represents the overhead of civilization and the damage being done to the future by each dollar spent. UBI to pay people to not damage the future for other people, and to teach them to contribute to the future of their places.

We keep trying to navigate through all of the suggestions about renewables, conservation, cooperation, fairness etc etc, but the driving force for all of it engages with people at the purchase point.

That's where the suffering is paid for, counted, collated by corporations and passed on to politicians and drillers and miners.