Climate Change and the Moral Agent - Individual Duties in an Interdependent World

Zusatztext a fundamental text. Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Cripps completed her MPhil and PhD in political philosophy at University College London in 2008, before which she worked for four years as a journalist, primarily for the Financial Times Group. Her first degree was in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St John's College, Oxford. She is a Lecturer in Political Theory and former British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. Klappentext Climate Change and the Moral Agent examines the moral foundations of climate change and makes a case for collective action on climate change by appealing to moralized collective self-interest, collective ability to aid, and an expanded understanding of collective responsibility for harm. Zusammenfassung Climate Change and the Moral Agent examines the moral foundations of climate change and makes a case for collective action on climate change by appealing to moralized collective self-interest, collective ability to aid, and an expanded understanding of collective responsibility for harm. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction ; PART I: CLIMATE CHANGE AND US: COLLECTIVE SELF-INTEREST! COLLECTIVE INACTION! AND COLLECTIVE HARM ; 2. In the Same Boat ; 3. Doing and Preventing Harm ; PART II: PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES: DUTIES TO WHOM? ; 4. Harming and Protecting Non-Humans ; PART III: CLIMATE CHANGE AND ME: WHAT I SHOULD DO WHEN WE FAIL TO ACT ; 5. Mimicking Duties ; 6. Promotional and Direct Duties ; PART IV: CLIMATE CHANGE AND MORAL BAGGAGE: COLLECTIVE FAILURE! INDIVIDUAL COSTS! AND MARRING CHOICES ; 7. Living with Ourselves ; Conclusion ; Key Claims and Definitions ; Glossary of Philosophical Terms ; Bibliography ; Notes

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• Authors: Elizabeth Cripps, Elizabeth (Lecturer in Political Theory Cripps, Cripps Elizabeth
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2013
• EAN: 9780199665655
• ISBN: 978-0-19-966565-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, Umweltpolitik und Umweltrecht, NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Politics / Current Events, Political science & theory, Social impact of environmental issues, Political science and theory