The ethics of global climate change
"Global climate change is the most daunting ethical and political challenge confronting humanity in the twenty-first century. The intergenerational and transnational ethical issues raised by climate change have been the focus of a significant body of scholarship. In this new collection of essay...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [u.a.]
Cambridge Univ. Press
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Climatic change
/ Ethics
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| Further subjects: | B
Climatic changes
Moral and ethical aspects
B Collection of essays B Environmental Responsibility B Global warming Moral and ethical aspects B Environmental ethics B Environmental Ethics B Global warming Moral and ethical aspects B Climatic changes Moral and ethical aspects B Environmental responsibility B Conference program |
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| Summary: | "Global climate change is the most daunting ethical and political challenge confronting humanity in the twenty-first century. The intergenerational and transnational ethical issues raised by climate change have been the focus of a significant body of scholarship. In this new collection of essays, leading scholars engage and respond to first-generation scholarship and argue for new ways of thinking about our ethical obligations to present and future generations. Topics addressed in these essays include moral accountability for energy consumption and emissions, egalitarian and libertarian perspectives on mitigation, justice in relation to cap and trade schemes, the ethics of adaptation, and the ethical dimensions of the impact of climate change on nature"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 315 - 319) and index Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| Physical Description: | XI, 340 S., Ill., graph. Darst., Kt., 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 1107666015 |