The Ethics of Climate Engineering - Solar Radiation Management and Non-Ideal Justice (Paperback)

This book analyzes major ethical issues surrounding the use of climate engineering, particularly solar radiation management (SRM) techniques, which have the potential to reduce some risks of anthropogenic climate change but also carry their own risks of harm and injustice. The book argues that we should approach the ethics of climate engineering via "non-ideal theory," which investigates what justice requires given the fact that many parties have failed to comply with their duty to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Specifically, it argues that climate justice should be approached comparatively, evaluating the relative justice or injustice of feasible policies under conditions that are likely to hold within relevant timeframes. Likely near-future conditions include "pessimistic scenarios," in which no available option avoids serious ethical problems. The book contends that certain uses of SRM can be ethically defensible in some pessimistic scenarios. This is the first book devoted to the many ethical issues surrounding climate engineering.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in Applied Ethics
Release date:	June 2020
First published:	2017
Authors:	Toby Svoboda
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-59505-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > General Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Geophysics Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-367-59505-2
Barcode:	9780367595050

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