Climate Change, Justice and Future GenerationsEdward Elgar Publishing, 2007 M01 1 - 304 pages Climate Change, Justice and Future Generations is a valuable contribution to the debate on both theoretical and applied justice in climate change, and it fills a manifest gap in the current literature. Marco Grasso, International Environmental Agreements |
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... sense thinking about the ethics of global climate change, as well as the ethical stance of the IPCC.41 In partic- ular, I will be investigating the debates that have emerged from both the popu- lar and academic literature concerning P1 ...
... sense thinking about the ethics of global climate change, as well as the ethical stance of the IPCC.41 In partic- ular, I will be investigating the debates that have emerged from both the popu- lar and academic literature concerning P1 ...
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... sense that they may view acts and social policies as wrong even if they harm no particular people. While such theories represent only a small range of the possible positions within ethics, they are important in that they provide the ...
... sense that they may view acts and social policies as wrong even if they harm no particular people. While such theories represent only a small range of the possible positions within ethics, they are important in that they provide the ...
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... sense that it recognises that there are multiple sources of obligation. 1.4. SCIENCE,. ETHICS. AND. THE. ENVIRONMENT. It might be argued at this point that, whereas the theoretical issues raised so far may be of interest to the student of ...
... sense that it recognises that there are multiple sources of obligation. 1.4. SCIENCE,. ETHICS. AND. THE. ENVIRONMENT. It might be argued at this point that, whereas the theoretical issues raised so far may be of interest to the student of ...
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... sense that its value is wholly independent of what people think about ethics. The second sort of theory also generates principles that, like the utility prin- ciple, can be used to evaluate acts and social policies. But this sort of ...
... sense that its value is wholly independent of what people think about ethics. The second sort of theory also generates principles that, like the utility prin- ciple, can be used to evaluate acts and social policies. But this sort of ...
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... sense beliefs and our ethical or political theories. Do the former stand in need of the latter for their justifica- tion? Or is the acceptability of these beliefs unconstrained by considerations of theory? Or is the justifiability of ...
... sense beliefs and our ethical or political theories. Do the former stand in need of the latter for their justifica- tion? Or is the acceptability of these beliefs unconstrained by considerations of theory? Or is the justifiability of ...
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Page 20 - Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner.
Page 7 - the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate' [5], and was sufficiently confident by the time of the Third Assessment Report to conclude that 'there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities
Page 20 - Climate change' means a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.
Page 91 - Development (1987, p.8) defines sustainable development as: . . . development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Page 150 - if and only if X can have rights, and other things being equal, an aspect of X's well-being (his interest) is a sufficient reason for holding some other person(s) to be under a duty".
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Defining Environmental Justice: Theories, Movements, and Nature: Theories ... David Schlosberg No preview available - 2007 |