03256nam 2200649Ia 450 991015500360332120200520144314.00-88920-854-9(CKB)1000000000714081(EBL)685573(OCoLC)144145110(SSID)ssj0000344829(PQKBManifestationID)11260159(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344829(PQKBWorkID)10313603(PQKB)10802027(MiAaPQ)EBC685573(CaPaEBR)402621(CaBNvSL)rjv00101450 (MiAaPQ)EBC3246291(MdBmJHUP)muse48027(Au-PeEL)EBL685573(CaPaEBR)ebr10147234(EXLCZ)99100000000071408119930531d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEthics & climate change[electronic resource] the greenhouse effect /edited by Harold Coward and Thomas Hurka ; essays by F. Kenneth Hare ... [et al.]Waterloo, Ont. Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press for the Calgary Institute for the Humanitiesc19931 online resource (215 p.)Includes index.1-55458-456-6 0-88920-233-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index.Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Challenge; 2. Ethical Principles; 3. Religious Responsibility; 4. The Arctic-A Canadian Case Study; 5. Personal Responsibility; 6. Corporate Responsibility; 7. International Responsibility; 8. Effective Economic Mechanisms: Efficiency and Ethical Considerations; 9. Energy Efficiency at Home and Abroad; Conclusion; About the Authors; Bibliography; Index Faced with the prospect of global warming, the anticipated rapid rise in global air temperatures due to the release of gases into the atmosphere, we have two choices of how to respond: adaptation or avoidance. With adaptation we keep burning fossil fuels, let global temperatures rise and make whatever changes this requires: move people from environmentally damaged areas, build sea walls, etc. With avoidance we stop warming from occurring, either by reducing our use of fossil fuels or by using technology such as carbon dioxide recovery after combustion to block the warming effect. Yet each Global warmingDecision makingMoral and ethical aspectsGreenhouse effect, AtmosphericDecision makingMoral and ethical aspectsElectronic books.Global warmingDecision makingMoral and ethical aspects.Greenhouse effect, AtmosphericDecision makingMoral and ethical aspects.179.1179/.1Coward Harold G642923Hurka Thomas1952-908983Hare F. Kenneth(Frederick Kenneth),1919-152378Calgary Institute for the Humanities.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910155003603321Ethics & climate change2477088UNINA