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 0 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