The EPZ Ethics of Climate Change Right and Wrong in a Warming World

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Summary

This book explores the philosophical implications of and for this hugely topical contemporary debate.

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Introduction	p. 1
A Warmer World	p. 7
Strange changes	p. 8
Consensus	p. 12
Sound science	p. 17
Prospects	p. 24
Right and Wrong	p. 33
Philosophy and morality	p. 34
The importance of giving reasons	p. 35
Justifying moral beliefs	p. 41
Consistency, moral theories, intuitions	p. 46
Environmental ethics	p. 49
Responsibility	p. 57
Agency and spatial and temporal complexities	p. 59
The prisoner's dilemma and the tragedy of the commons	p. 61
Historical principles of justice	p. 66
Present entitlements and capacities	p. 76
Sustainability	p. 83
Doing Nothing	p. 89
Uncertainty	p. 90
Costs	p. 97
Technological rescue	p. 101
Waiting for others to act	p. 106
Urgency	p. 110
Doing Something	p. 113
Criteria of moral adequacy	p. 114
UNFCCC and Kyoto	p. 119
Equal per capita shares	p. 126
Comparable burdens	p. 130
Individual Choices	p. 137
Consistency again	p. 138
Psychological barriers	p. 143
Individual action	p. 147
Civil disobedience	p. 151
Epilogue	p. 155
Notes	p. 159
Bibliography	p. 169
Index	p. 175
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