The ethics of climate change: right and wrong in a warming world

A Warmer World

Strange changes

Consensus

Sound science

Prospects

Right and Wrong

Philosophy and morality

The importance of giving reasons

Justifying moral beliefs

Consistency, moral theories, intuitions

Environmental ethics

Responsibility

Agency and spatial and temporal complexities

The prisoner's dilemma and the tragedy of the commons

Historical principles of justice

Present entitlements and capacities

Sustainability

Doing Nothing

Uncertainty

Costs

Technological rescue

Waiting for others to act

Urgency

Doing Something

Criteria of moral adequacy

UNFCCC and Kyoto

Equal per capita shares

Comparable burdens

Individual Choices

Consistency again

Psychological barriers

Individual action

Civil disobedience.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: A Warmer World; Chapter 2: Right and Wrong; Chapter 3: Responsibility; Chapter 4: Doing Nothing; Chapter 5: Doing Something; Chapter 6: Individual Choices; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.