Martin Bunzl

Uncertainty and the Philosophy of Climate Change

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In demonstrating the moral imperative to act on climate change, the book's ethical analysis is not an end in itself, but a means to clarifying policy. Drawing on the philosophy of science, the book examines our obligations to future generations and how we ought to make decisions when there is catastrophic risk but its probability is unknown.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781138793927
• ISBN-10: 1138793922
• Artikelnr.: 40759452

Autorenporträt

Martin Bunzl is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, USA, where he founded the Rutgers Initiative on Climate and Social Policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Risk and the Perception of Risk 2. The Cost of Extinction 3. The
Rights of Those Who Will Not Be 4. The Three Tropes of Climate Change 5.
The View from the Inside of Poverty 6. Social Policy and Rational Action 7.
The Tragedy of the Commons Revisited 8. Negotiations Gone Bad 9. Going it
alone 10. What if it is too late? 11. Fusion Bibliography