Ethics and Climate Change : The Greenhouse Effect

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Faced with the prospect of global warming, the anticipated rapid rise in global air temperatures due to the release of gases into the atmosphere, we have two choices of how to respond: adaptation or avoidance. With adaptation we keep burning fossil fuels, let global temperatures rise and make whatev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Coward, Harold
Otros Autores: Hurka, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Science.
Physics.
Philosophy.
Greenhouse gases > Economic aspects.
Global warming > Social aspects.
Environmental ethics > Social aspects.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
sciences (philosophy)
physics.
philosophy.
Sciences.
Physique.
Philosophie.
Gaz à effet de serre > Aspect economique.
Effet de serre (Meteorologie) > Prise de decision > Aspect moral.
Rechauffement de la Terre > Aspect social.
Rechauffement de la Terre > Prise de decision > Aspect moral.
Éthique de l'environnement > Aspect social.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric > Decision making > Moral and ethical aspects.
Global warming > Decision making > Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Faced with the prospect of global warming, the anticipated rapid rise in global air temperatures due to the release of gases into the atmosphere, we have two choices of how to respond: adaptation or avoidance. With adaptation we keep burning fossil fuels, let global temperatures rise and make whatever changes this requires: move people from environmentally damaged areas, build sea walls, etc. With avoidance we stop warming from occurring, either by reducing our use of fossil fuels or by using technology such as carbon dioxide recovery after combustion to block the warming effect. Yet each str.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (211 pages).
ISBN:9780889208544

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