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The Ethics of Climate Change: An Introduction systematically and comprehensively examines the ethical issues surrounding arguably the greatest threat now facing humanity. Williston addresses important questions such as:
- Has humanity entered the Anthropocene?
- Is climate change primarily an ethical issue?
- Does climate change represent a moral wrong?
- What are the impacts of climate change?
- What are the main causes of political inaction?
- What is the argument for climate change denial?
- What are intragenerational justice and intergenerational justice?
- To what extent is climate change an economic problem?
- Is geoengineering an ethically appropriate response to climate change?
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Featuring case studies throughout, this textbook provides a philosophical introduction to an immensely topical issue studied by students within the fields of applied ethics, global justice, sustainability, geography, and politics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The basic science
- 2. What is climate change ethics?
- 3. Precautionary policy
- 4. International justice
- 5. Intergenerational justice
- 6. Nature in the Anthropocene
- 7. Individual duties
- 8. Climate change denial
- 9. Geoengineering
- Glossary
- Index