Moral Theory and Climate Change - 9781138700000

Taylor & Francis

Moral Theory and Climate ChangeEthical Perspectives on a Warming Planet\nAuthor(s): Dale E. Miller, Ben Eggleston\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138700000, 978-1138700000\nSynopsis\nClimate change has become the most pressing moral and political problem of our time. Ethical theories help us think clearly and more fully about important moral and political issues. And yet, to date, there have been no books that have brought together a broad range of ethical theories to apply them systematically to the problems of climate change. This volume fills that deep need. Two preliminary chaptersan up-to-date synopsis of climate science and an overview of the ethical issues raised by climate changeset the stage. After this, ten leading ethicists in ten separate chapters each present a major ethical theory (or, more broadly, perspective) and discuss the implications of that view for how we decide to respond to a rapidly war.