Ethics & climate change : the greenhouse effect
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 str
eBook, English, ©1993
Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press for the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, Waterloo, Ont., ©1993
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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
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