Arguing about climate change judging the handling of climate risk to future generations by comparison to the general standards of conduct in the case of risk to contemporaries /

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Intergenerational justice requires that climate risks to future generations be handled with the same reasonable care deemed acceptable by society in the case of risks to contemporaries. Such general standards of conduct are laid down in tort law, for example. Consequently, the validity of arguments...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Davidson, Marc David, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2008.
Subjects:
Environmental ethics.
Climatic changes > Moral and ethical aspects.
Environmental responsibility.
Éthique de l'environnement.
Climat > Changements > Aspect moral.
Responsabilité environnementale.
Climatic changes > Moral and ethical aspects
Environmental ethics
Environmental responsibility
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • General introduction; Chapter 1: An inconvenient truth; Chapter 2: Climate damage as wrongful harm to future generations; Chapter 3: Regulation of climate change and the reasonable man standard; Chapter 4: A social discount rate for climate damage to future generations based on regulatory law; Chapter 5: How reasonable man discounts climate damage; Chapter 6: Parallels in reactionary argumentation in the US congressional debates on the abolition of slavery and the Kyoto Protocol; Summary; Nederlandse samenvatting; Acknowledgements; Curriculum vitae

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