The Ethics of Climate Change : An Introduction
The Ethics of Climate Change : An Introduction
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Author(s): Williston, Byron
ISBN No.: 9781138559783
Pages: 192
Year: 201806
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 178.27
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Introduction 1. The Basic science Introduction The greenhouse effect Climate projections Risks and vulnerabilities Ethical communication of science Chapter summary 2. What is Climate Change Ethics? Introduction Ideal and non-ideal theory Climate economics Why ethics is necessary Is ethics adequate? Chapter summary 3. Precautionary Policy Introduction The precautionary principle Adaptation and mitigation Three drivers of climate change From Rio to Paris Chapter summary 4. International Justice Introduction Climate change and human rights The ideology of business as usual The tragedy of the commons Three principles of climate justice The right to development Chapter summary 5. Intergenerational Justice Introduction An 'intergenerational arms race' The non-identity problem The contractarian gambit Just savings Beyond the contract? Chapter summary 6. Nature in the Anthropocene Introduction Why species matter The Anthropocene Activist preservationism Two moral doctrines Ecomodernism The end of nature Chapter summary 7. Individual Duties Introduction The prisoner's dilemma The negligibility thesis Turning to the virtues Virtues for the climate crisis Building just institutions Carbon offsetting Chapter summary 8.


Climate Change Denial Introduction Virtue Epistemology How to believe in climate change Climate change bullshit Dealing with bullshit: producers and consumers The problem of integrity Chapter summary 9. Geoengineering Introduction The turn to geoengineering Moral hazard and moral corruption Just governance Distributive justice Intergenerational justice Procedural justice Corrective justice Chapter summary Glossary Index.


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