Climate change ethics [electronic resource] : navigating the perfect moral storm / Donald A. Brown.
Material type: TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge Earthscan, 2013Description: xi, 271 pISBN: 9780203103234 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Climatic changes -- Moral and ethical aspects | Global warming -- Moral and ethical aspects | Environmental ethics | Climatic changes -- Government policy | Global warming -- Government policy | Environmental policyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 179/.1 LOC classification: GE42 | .B78 2013Online resources: Click to View"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Introduction -- Introduction: Navigating the Perfect Moral Storm in Light of a Thirty-Five Year Debate -- Thirty-Five Year Climate Change Policy Debate -- Part 2. Priority Ethical Issues -- Ethical Problems with Cost Arguments -- Ethics and Scientific Uncertainty Arguments -- Atmospheric Targets -- Allocating National Emissions Targets -- Climate Change Damages and Adaptation Costs -- Obligations of Sub-national Governments, Organizations, Businesses, and Individuals -- Independent Responsibility to Act -- Part 3. The Crucial Role of Ethics in Climate Change Policy Making -- Why Has Ethics Failed to Achieve Traction? -- Conclusion: Navigating the Perfect Moral Storm.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
There are no comments on this title.