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The ethics of climate change, right and wrong in a warming world, James Garvey

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Provides an introduction to the ethics of climate change. This book considers a little of climate science and a lot of moral philosophy, ultimately finding a way into the many possible positions associated with climate change. It is also a call for doing something about the moral demands placed on both governments and individuals by the fact of climate change

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A warmer world ; Strange changes ; Consensus ; Sound science ; Prospects -- Right and wrong ; Philosophy and morality ; The importance of giving reasons ; Justifying moral beliefs ; Consistency, moral theories, intuitions ; Environmental ethics -- Responsibility ; Agency and spatial and temporal complexities ; The prisoner's dilemma and the tragedy of the commons ; Historical principles of justice ; Present entitlements and capacities ; Sustainability -- Doing nothing ; Uncertainty ; Costs ; Technological rescue ; Waiting for others to act ; Urgency -- Doing something ; Criteria of moral adequacy ; UNFCCC and Kyoto ; Equal per capita shares ; Comparable burdens -- Individual choices ; Consistency again ; Psychological barriers ; Individual action ; Civil disobedience

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