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BL
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699861
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b522050
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| Main Entry
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Garvey, James,1967-
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| Title & Author
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The ethics of climate change : : right and wrong in a warming world /\ James Garvey
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Continuum,, 2008
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| Series Statement
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Think now
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179 p. ;; 20 cm
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| ISBN
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0826497373 (pbk.)
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: 0826497381 (hc)
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: 9780826497376 (pbk.)
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: 9780826497383 (hc)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-173) and index
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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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Climatic changes-- Moral and ethical aspects
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Environmental responsibility
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| Dewey Classification
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179/.1
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| LC Classification
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QC981.8.C5G378 2008
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QC981.8.C5G378 2008
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