As ecological degradation continues to threaten permanent and dramatic changes for life on our planet, the question of how we can protect our imperiled Earth has become more pressing than ever before. In this book, Daniel Scheid draws on Catholic social thought to construct what…
As ecological degradation continues to threaten permanent and dramatic changes for life on our planet, the question of how we can protect our imperiled Earth has become more pressing than ever before. In this book, Daniel Scheid draws on Catholic social thought to construct what…
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…
"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…
Philosophy of ecology
by DeLaplante, Kevin, Brown, Bryson, Peacock, Kent A.
fromHandbook of the philosophy of science
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