A perfect moral storm : the ethical tragedy of climate change /

Climate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming catastrophe. In this work, Gardiner illuminates our dangerous inaction by placing the environmental crisis in an entirely new light, considering it as an ethical failure.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gardiner, Stephen Mark (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Colección:Environmental ethics and science policy.
Temas:
Environmental ethics.
Global warming > Moral and ethical aspects.
Climatic changes > Moral and ethical aspects.
Environmental responsibility.
Éthique de l'environnement.
Réchauffement de la Terre > Aspect moral.
Climat > Changements > Aspect moral.
Responsabilité environnementale.
environment.
climatic change.
global warming.
human behaviour.
value systems.
ethics.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Changement climatique.
Ethique.
Responsabilité.
Aspects socio-économiques.
Ethik
Klimaänderung
Milieuethiek.
Klimaatveranderingen.
Broeikaseffect.
Växthuseffekten > etik och moral.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the global environmental tragedy
  • A perfect moral storm
  • The consumption tragedy
  • Somebody else's problem?
  • A shadowy and evolving tragedy
  • The tyranny of the contemporary
  • An intergenerational arms race?
  • A global test for contemporary political institutions and theories
  • Cost-benefit paralysis
  • Jane Austen vs. climate economics
  • Geoengineering in an atmosphere of evil
  • Some initial ethics of the transition
  • The immediate future
  • Appendix 1 : the population tragedy
  • Appendix 2 : epistemic corruption and scientific uncertainty in Michael Crichton's State of fear.

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