Climate change ethics
Subtitle: navigating the perfect moral storm
By: Donald A. Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780415625715; 9780415625722; 9780203103234
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Climatic changes; Government policy; Environmental policy; Environmental ethics; Global warming
Notes: "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Introduction; title: Introduction: Navigating the Perfect Moral Storm in Light of a Thirty-Five Year Debate; title: Thirty-Five Year Climate Change Policy Debate; title: Part 2. Priority Ethical Issues; title: Ethical Problems with Cost Arguments; title: Ethics and Scientific Uncertainty Arguments; title: Atmospheric Targets; title: Allocating National Emissions Targets; title: Climate Change Damages and Adaptation Costs; title: Obligations of Sub-national Governments, Organizations, Businesses, and Individuals; title: Independent Responsibility to Act; title: Part 3. The Crucial Role of Ethics in Climate Change Policy Making; title: Why Has Ethics Failed to Achieve Traction?; title: Conclusion: Navigating the Perfect Moral Storm.