Ethics & climate change [[electronic resource] ] : the greenhouse effect / / edited by Harold Coward and Thomas Hurka ; essays by F. Kenneth Hare ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press for the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, c1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Disciplina: 179.1; 179/.1
• Soggetto topico: Global warming - Decision making - Moral and ethical aspects; Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric - Decision making - Moral and ethical aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CowardHarold G HurkaThomas <1952-> HareF. Kenneth <1919-> (Frederick Kenneth)
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethics & climate change
• ISBN: 0-88920-854-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910155003603321
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