Ethics of Climate Engineering - Solar Radiation Management and Non-Ideal Justice

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Benefits
Chapter 2: Distributions
Chapter 3: Decisions
Chapter 4: Virtues
Chapter 5: Dilemmas
Chapter 6: Comparisons

About the author

Toby Svoboda is an assistant professor of philosophy at Fairfield University. He has published in journals such as Environmental Ethics, Environmental Values, and The Journal of Moral Philosophy. He is the author of Duties Regarding Nature: A Kantian Environmental Ethic (Routledge, 2015).

Summary

This book analyzes the major ethical issues surrounding climate engineering. It focuses primarily on solar radiation management techniques for engineering the climate, such as injecting reflective aerosols into the stratosphere or brightening marine clouds. While such techniques might reduce some of the risks of climate change, they also raise e

Additional text

"Svoboda has written a book that does a good job staking a place in the debate around the ethics of solar radiation management (SRM), while still serving as good introduction. It also contributes to growing reflection on the relationship between climate change and non-ideal theories of justice." – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Product details

• Authors: Toby Svoboda, Svoboda Toby
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367595050
• ISBN: 978-0-367-59505-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Routledge Research in Applied Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, Geophysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Environmental science, engineering and technology