Future Ethics: Climate Change and Apocalyptic Imagination - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1441176551 ISBN 13 : 9781441176554

Editeur : Continuum Publishing Corporation, 2010

Synopsis

This title examines the ethical and philosophical questions confronting activists, policy makers and educators in the battle against climate change. "Future Ethics: Climate Change and Political Action" presents a comprehensive examination of the philosophical questions facing activists, policy makers and educators fighting the causes of climate change. These questions reflect a genuine crisis in ethical reflection for individuals and groups in today's society and are also underpinned by a broader question of how the future forms the basis for action in the present. For instance, does the reporting of impending 'points of no return' in global warming renew a spirit of resistance or a spirit of fatalism? How is the future of the human species really imagined in society and how does this affect our sense of ethical responsibility? In this fascinating book, thirteen leading experts explore the philosophical and ethical issues underlying social responses to climate change and in particular how these responses draw upon ideas about the future. Ideal for students of environmental ethics in multiple disciplines, the book provides sources and discussion for anyone interested in issues to do with environment, society and ethics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stefan Skrimshire is a postdoctoral research associate in philosophy of religion at The University of Manchester, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1441176551
• ISBN 13: 9781441176554
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Éditeur: Skrimshire Stefan
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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