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Description for Climate Matters
Paperback. A vital new moral perspective on the climate change debate. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
Esteemed philosopher John Broome avoids the familiar ideological stances on climate change policy and examines the issue through an invigorating new lens. As he considers the moral dimensions of climate change, he reasons clearly through what universal standards of goodness and justice require of us, both as citizens and as governments. His conclusions—some as demanding as they are logical—will challenge and enlighten. Eco-conscious readers may be surprised to hear they have a duty to offset all their carbon emissions, while policy makers will grapple with Broome’s analysis of what if anything is owed to future generations. From the science of ... Read more
Esteemed philosopher John Broome avoids the familiar ideological stances on climate change policy and examines the issue through an invigorating new lens. As he considers the moral dimensions of climate change, he reasons clearly through what universal standards of goodness and justice require of us, both as citizens and as governments. His conclusions—some as demanding as they are logical—will challenge and enlighten. Eco-conscious readers may be surprised to hear they have a duty to offset all their carbon emissions, while policy makers will grapple with Broome’s analysis of what if anything is owed to future generations. From the science of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393937961
SKU
V9780393937961
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About John Broome
Johnathan "Hugh" Broome is an Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he obtained his Ph.D. in Supramolecular Chemistry. From 2020 – 2023, Dr. Broome served as the Associate Director in the USM Center for Faculty Development and as the University’s Academic Integrity Officer, where he oversaw the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Fellows and the Learning ... Read more
Reviews for Climate Matters
"In Climate Matters John Broome brings his lucid writing, sparkling insights, and deep moral seriousness to the greatest moral challenge of our time. This is practical ethics at its most brilliant and its most significant."
Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University "Climate Matters takes up where most books about global warming leave off. John Broome ... Read more
Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University "Climate Matters takes up where most books about global warming leave off. John Broome ... Read more