American heat : ethical problems with the United States' response to global warming / Donald A. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Donald A., 1944-

Series:

Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global warming--Government policy--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Global warming.

Environmental ethics--United States.

Environmental ethics.

Global warming--Government policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2002]

Summary:

In American Heat, Donald Brown critically analyzes the U.S. response to global warming, inviting readers to examine the implicit morality of the U.S position, and ultimately to help lead the world toward an equitable sharing of the burdens and benefits of protecting the global environment. In short, Brown argues that an ethical focus on global environmental matters is the key to achieving a globally acceptable solution.

Contents:

1 Absence of Ethical Concern 3

2 History of U.S. Participation in Global Warming Negotiations 13

3 Environmental Ethics and Global Warming Policy 49

4 Global Warming, Ethics, and Foreign Policy 67

5 What Is at Stake? Global Warming's Threat to Human Health and the Environment 85

6 Uncertainty in the Science of Climate Change 101

Part II Ethical Analysis of U.S. Excuses for Lack of Action on Global Warming 135

7 Ethical Duty to Reduce Emissions in the Face of Scientific Uncertainty about Global Warming Consequences 137

8 U.S. Obligations to Act Even if the Developing World Does Not 151

9 Ethical Issues Entailed by the Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis-Based Arguments Made in Opposition to U.S. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs 163

10 Ethical Problems with the U.S. Insistence on Its View of the Kyoto Flexibility Mechanisms 185

Part III Other Global Warming Ethical Issues 201

11 An Equitable Allocation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions among Nations 203

12 Ethical Dimensions of a Greenhouse Gas Atmospheric Stabilization Target 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-256) and index.

ISBN:

0742512959

0742512967

OCLC:

48966505