The Ethics of the Climate Crisis (eBook)
187 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-5095-5910-7 (ISBN)
Renowned philosopher Robin Attfield explains the moral reasons for urgent action based on current harms, threats to future generations, and to the species with which we share the planet. In compelling and student-friendly prose, he explores the science of climate change, biodiversity loss and air pollution, climate injustices, political implications of the crisis, and possible responses. Among other things, he argues that measures to introduce climate justice should be paid for by countries able to pay, and by the big polluters in particular. The recently agreed Loss and Damage fund can play a central part in climate funding. Related political measures, such as the introduction of Ecocide as an international crime alongside war crimes, also give cause for hope.
Attfield's passionately argued twentieth book, The Ethics of the Climate Crisis, is crucial reading for our times.
Robin Attfield is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Cardiff University.
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Science of Climate Change
Chapter 3: Related Crises: Biodiversity Loss and Air Pollution
Chapter 4: Ethics, Needs and Climate Justice
Chapter 5: The Victims of Climate Injustice and the Shape of Climate Justice
Chapter 6: Some Political Implications
Chapter 7: Responding to the Crises
References
Index
'Robin Attfield is one of the best environmental ethicists of our times, and his new book manages again to bridge the chasm between abstract moral principles and concrete political reality. Critical citizens who want to be informed about the state of the question both in its normative and its descriptive dimension will benefit from the book.'
Vittorio Hösle, University of Notre Dame
'This wide-ranging book is an intensively researched intervention in ongoing debates on climate justice. It is an outstanding contribution due to its comprehensive and biocentric perspective. A must-read for policy makers, scholars and everyone interested in sustaining a life-worthy planet.'
Leonie N. Bossert, University of Tübingen
'A compact, clearly written, extremely well-informed and deeply committed contribution to debate on this most urgent issue. Attfield's call for wiser, more responsible stewardship goes along with an exemplary care for facts, figures and detailed reportage. The book should be read by anyone who shares his passionate concern for the flourishing - even the bare survival - of life on Earth.'
Christopher Norris, University of Cardiff
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.4.2024 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften | |
Schlagworte | Attfield • climate change • climate crisis • climate injustice • climate justice • Climate Policy • Climate Science • Environmental Ethics • environmental philosophy • Environmental Science • Environmental Studies • ethics • ethics of the climate crisis • Ethik • Intergenerational Justice • Klimawandel • Moral Philosophy • Philosophie • Philosophy • Philosophy Special Topics • Robin Attfield • Spezialthemen Philosophie • the ethics of the climate crisis • Umweltethik • Umweltforschung |
ISBN-10 | 1-5095-5910-8 / 1509559108 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5095-5910-7 / 9781509559107 |
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