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
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Coward, Harold
Otros Autores: Hurka, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Environmental ethics > Social aspects.
Global warming > Decision making > Moral and ethical aspects.
Global warming > Social aspects.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric > Decision making > Moral and ethical aspects.
Greenhouse gases > Economic aspects.
Philosophy.
Physics.
Science.
Éthique de l'environnement > Aspect social.
Réchauffement de la Terre > Prise de décision > Aspect moral.
Réchauffement de la Terre > Aspect social.
Effet de serre (Météorologie) > Prise de décision > Aspect moral.
Gaz à effet de serre > Aspect économique.
Philosophie.
Physique.
Sciences.
philosophy.
physics.
sciences (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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 (215 pages)
ISBN:9780889208544
0889208549

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