| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 338 pages) |
| Series |
Philosophical dialogues on contemporary problems |
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Philosophical dialogues on contemporary problems.
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| Contents |
Dialogue 1. Why ethics? -- Dialogue 2. Skepticisms -- Dialogue 3. Individual responsibility -- Dialogue 4. International justice -- Dialogue 5. A big technological fix? -- Dialogue 6. Future |
| Summary |
Written both for general readers and college students, Dialogues on Climate Justice provides an engaging philosophical introduction to climate justice, and should be of interest to anyone wanting to think seriously about the climate crisis. The story follows the life and conversations of Hope, a fictional protagonist whose life is shaped by a terrifyingly real problem: climate change. From the election of Donald Trump in 2016 until the 2060s, the book documents Hope's discussions with a diverse cast of characters. As she ages, her conversationsmove from establishing the nature of the problem, to engaging with climate skepticism, to exploring her own climate responsibilities, through managing contentious international negotiations, to considering big technological fixes, and finally, as an older woman, to reflecting with her granddaughter on what one generation owes another. Following a philosophical tradition established by Plato more than two thousand years ago, these dialogues are not only philosophically substantive and carefully argued, but also distinctly human. The differing perspectives on display mirror those involved in real-world climate dialogues going on today.-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Stephen M. Gardiner is Professor of Philosophy and Ben Rabinowitz Professor of the Human Dimensions of the Environment at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change (2011), and co-author of Debating Climate Ethics (2016). His edited books include The Ethics of "Geoengineering" the Global Climate (2020), The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Ethics (2016), and The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Ethics (2022). Arthur R. Obst is a PhD Candidate at the University of Washington, Seattle, who has lived his whole life in the shadow of climate change, a force that has brought not only environmental crisis but a conceptual crisis for environmentalists. He is dedicating his scholarship to addressing both |
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Print version record |
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Climate justice.
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Climatic changes -- Philosophy
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects
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Climatic changes -- Moral and ethical aspects
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PHILOSOPHY / General
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Climatic changes -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Climate justice.
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Dialogues (Literature)
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Dialogues (Literature)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Obst, Arthur R., author.
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| ISBN |
9781003123408 |
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1003123406 |
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1000623696 |
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9781000623734 |
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1000623734 |
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9781000623697 |
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