Climate change ethics : navigating the perfect moral storm
by
 
Brown, Donald A., 1944-

Title
Climate change ethics : navigating the perfect moral storm

Author
Brown, Donald A., 1944-

ISBN
9780415625722

Personal Author
Brown, Donald A., 1944-

Publication Information
London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Physical Description
xi, 271 p. ; 24 cm.

General Note
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Contents
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.

Subject Term
Climatic changes -- Moral and ethical aspects
 
Global warming -- Moral and ethical aspects
 
Environmental ethics.
 
Climatic changes -- Government policy
 
Global warming - Government policy
 
Environmental policy.


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