Climate change ethics : navigating the perfect moral storm /
Donald A. Brown.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
- 271 p.: ill. ; 24 cm
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Introduction -- Introduction: Navigating the Perfect Moral Storm in Light of a Thirty-Five Year Debate -- Thirty-Five Year Climate Change Policy Debate -- Part 2. Priority Ethical Issues -- Ethical Problems with Cost Arguments -- Ethics and Scientific Uncertainty Arguments -- Atmospheric Targets -- Allocating National Emissions Targets -- Climate Change Damages and Adaptation Costs -- Obligations of Sub-national Governments, Organizations, Businesses, and Individuals -- Independent Responsibility to Act -- Part 3. The Crucial Role of Ethics in Climate Change Policy Making -- Why Has Ethics Failed to Achieve Traction? -- Conclusion: Navigating the Perfect Moral Storm.
Climatic changes--Moral and ethical aspects. Global warming--Moral and ethical aspects. Environmental ethics. Climatic changes--Government policy Global warming--Government policy Environmental policy.