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题名/责任者:

Uncertainty and the philosophy of climate change / Martin Bunzl.

出版发行项:

London : Routledge, 2015.

ISBN:

9781138793927

ISBN:

9781138793910

载体形态项:

xiii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

个人责任者:

Bunzl, Martin, author.

论题主题:

Climatic changes-Philosophy.

论题主题:

Environmental policy-Forecasting.

中图法分类号:

P467

书目附注:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

摘要附注:

"When it comes to climate change, the greatest difficulty we face is that we do not know the likely degree of change or its cost, which means that environmental policy decisions have to be made under uncertainty. This book offers an accessible philosophical treatment of the broad range of ethical and policy challenges posed by climate change uncertainty. Drawing on both the philosophy of science and ethics, Martin Bunzl shows how tackling climate change revolves around weighing up our interests now against those of future generations, which requires that we examine our assumptions about the value of present costs versus future benefits. In an engaging, conversational style, Bunzl looks at questions such as our responsibility towards non-human life, the interests of the developing and developed worlds, and how the circumstances of poverty shape the perception of risk, ultimately developing and defending a view of humanity and its place in the world that makes sense of our duty to Nature without treating it as a rights bearer. This book will be of interest to students, scholars of environmental studies, philosophy, politics and sociology as well as policy makers"--

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