Global Ethics and Climate Change
Seiten
2016
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2nd Revised edition
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-0399-3 (ISBN)
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-0399-3 (ISBN)
World 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.
New for This Edition: Includes recent climate diplomacy and international agreements. Presents current data and information on climate science. Updated statistics; e.g. in chapters and sections that look at poverty and Wealth Expanded learning guide for students and lecturers. World 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.
New for This Edition: Includes recent climate diplomacy and international agreements. Presents current data and information on climate science. Updated statistics; e.g. in chapters and sections that look at poverty and Wealth Expanded learning guide for students and lecturers. World 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.
Paul G. Harris is the Chair Professor of Global and Environmental Studies at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
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.
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-0399-9 / 1474403999 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-0399-3 / 9781474403993 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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