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The ethics of climate change :

0826497373 (pbk.)

0826497381 (hc)

9780826497376 (pbk.)

9780826497383 (hc)

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The ethics of climate change :

[Book]

right and wrong in a warming world /

James Garvey

New York :

Continuum,

2008

179 p. ;

20 cm

Think now

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-173) and index

A warmer world -- Strange changes -- Consensus -- Sound science -- Prospects -- Right and wrong -- Philosophy and morality -- The importance of giving reasons -- Justifying moral beliefs -- Consistency, moral theories, intuitions -- Environmental ethics -- Responsibility -- Agency and spatial and temporal complexities -- The prisoner's dilemma and the tragedy of the commons -- Historical principles of justice -- Present entitlements and capacities -- Sustainability -- Doing nothing -- Uncertainty -- Costs -- Technological rescue -- Waiting for others to act -- Urgency -- Doing something -- Criteria of moral adequacy -- UNFCCC and Kyoto -- Equal per capita shares -- Comparable burdens -- Individual choices -- Consistency again -- Psychological barriers -- Individual action -- Civil disobedience

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Provides an introduction to the ethics of climate change. This book considers a little of climate science and a lot of moral philosophy, ultimately finding a way into the many possible positions associated with climate change. It is also a call for doing something about the moral demands placed on both governments and individuals by the fact of climate change

Climatic changes-- Moral and ethical aspects

Environmental responsibility

Garvey, James,1967-

20090114105810.0

[Book]

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