Harris, Paul G.,

Global ethics and climate change /Paul G. Harris. - Second edition. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (x, 221 pages) - Edinburgh studies in global ethics .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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.



9781474404013


Climatic changes--Moral and ethical aspects.
Environmental responsibility.
Climatic changes--Political aspects.


Electronic Books.

GE195 / .G563 2016