Global ethics and climate change /
Global Ethics and Climate Change combines the science of climate change with ethical critique to expose its impact, the increasing intensity of dangerous trends - particularly growing global affluence, material consumption and pollution - and the intensifying moral dimensions of changes to the envir...
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Edinburgh University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Edinburgh : |
Publication Dates: | [2016] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2nd edition. |
Series: |
Edinburgh studies in global ethics
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Summary: |
Global Ethics and Climate Change combines the science of climate change with ethical critique to expose its impact, the increasing intensity of dangerous trends - particularly growing global affluence, material consumption and pollution - and the intensifying moral dimensions of changes to the environment. It shows you that global justice is vital to mitigating climate change. |
Carrier Form: | x, 221 pages ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-211) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781474403993 (paperback) : 1474403999 (paperback) 9781474404846 1474404847 9781474404013 1474404014 |
Index Number: | GE195 |
CLC: |
X16-05 B82-058 |
Call Number: | B82-058/H315/2nd ed. |
Contents: | Preface -- Introduction; Part I: The Challenge -- 1. Global Climate Change -- 2. Justice in a Changing World -- Part II: International Justice -- 3. International Environmental Justice -- 4. International Justice and Climate Change -- Part III: Global Justice -- 5. Cosmopolitan Ethics and Justice -- 6. Affluence, Consumption and Atmospheric Pollution -- 7. Cosmopolitan Diplomacy and Climate Policy -- 8. The Unavoidability of Global Justice -- References -- Index. |