A rich hermeneutic account of the way virtue is understood and developed. Despite its ancient roots, virtue ethics has only recently been fully appreciated as a resource for environmental philosophy. Other approaches dominated by utilitarian and duty-based appeals for sacrifice …
In this book, Schwägerl explores the ways in which our relationship with nature has gone awry, and taking a step further than this, he suggests how humanity can take action to create a more fruitful future for ourselves and our planet.
More than a decade ago, Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen first suggested that we were now living in the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch in which human dominance of biological, chemical and geological processes on Earth was already an undeniable reality. …
'Climate Change and the Moral Agent' examines the moral foundations of climate change and makes a case for collective action on climate change by appealing to moralised collective self-interest, collective ability to aid, and an expanded understanding of collective responsibilit…
'Climate Change and the Moral Agent' examines the moral foundations of climate change and makes a case for collective action on climate change by appealing to moralised collective self-interest, collective ability to aid, and an expanded understanding of collective responsibilit…
'Climate Change and the Moral Agent' examines the moral foundations of climate change and makes a case for collective action on climate change by appealing to moralised collective self-interest, collective ability to aid, and an expanded understanding of collective responsibilit…
'Climate Change and the Moral Agent' examines the moral foundations of climate change and makes a case for collective action on climate change by appealing to moralised collective self-interest, collective ability to aid, and an expanded understanding of collective responsibilit…
"In this volume, Stephen M. Gardiner and David A. Weisbach present arguments for and against the relevance of ethics to global climate policy. Gardiner argues that climate change is fundamentally an ethical issue, since it is an early instance of a distinctive challenge to ethic…
"In this volume, Stephen M. Gardiner and David A. Weisbach present arguments for and against the relevance of ethics to global climate policy. Gardiner argues that climate change is fundamentally an ethical issue, since it is an early instance of a distinctive challenge to ethic…
Debating climate ethics
by Gardiner, Stephen M., Weisbach, David A.
fromDebating ethics
Stephen M. Gardiner and David A. Weisbach present arguments for and against the relevance of ethics to global climate policy. Gardiner argues that climate change is fundamentally an ethical issue rather than one of narrow economic self-interest, while Weisbach argues that existi…
"In this volume, Stephen M. Gardiner and David A. Weisbach present arguments for and against the relevance of ethics to global climate policy. Gardiner argues that climate change is fundamentally an ethical issue, since it is an early instance of a distinctive challenge to ethic…