The Ethics of Climate Change

An Introduction
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-55978-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 240 mm x 162 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

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The Ethics of Climate Change: An Introduction systematically and comprehensively examines the ethical issues surrounding arguably the greatest threat now facing humanity. Williston addresses important questions such as:

- Has humanity entered the Anthropocene?

- Is climate change primarily an ethical issue?

- Does climate change represent a moral wrong?

- What are the impacts of climate change?

- What are the main causes of political inaction?

- What is the argument for climate change denial?

- What are intragenerational justice and intergenerational justice?

- To what extent is climate change an economic problem?

- Is geoengineering an ethically appropriate response to climate change?

Featuring case studies throughout, this textbook provides a philosophical introduction to an immensely topical issue studied by students within the fields of applied ethics, global justice, sustainability, geography, and politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williston, Byron

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Chapter 1: The basic science. Chapter 2: What is climate change ethics? Chapter 3: Precautionary policy. Chapter 4: International justice. Chapter 5: Intergenerational justice. Chapter 6: Nature in the Anthropocene. Chapter 7: Individual duties. Chapter 8: Climate change denial. Chapter 9: Geoengineering. Glossary. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Byron Williston is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. He is the author of The Anthropocene Project: Virtue in the Age of Climate Change (2015).