Climate change and the moral agent : individual duties in an interdependent world / Elizabeth Cripps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cripps, Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Moral and ethical aspects.

Climatic changes.

Environmental protection--Citizen participation.

Environmental protection.

Climatic changes--Political aspects.

Climatic changes--International cooperation.

Environmental ethics.

Environmental responsibility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'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 moralised collective self-interest, collective ability to aid, and an expanded understanding of collective responsibility for harm.

Contents:

Preface; Contents; 1. Introduction; (i) Assumption 1: Climate change and scientific consensus; (ii) Assumption 2: Climate change and fundamental interests; (iii) Assumption 3: The no-harm principle; (iv) Assumption 4: The principle of beneficence; (v) Assumption 5: Evading the non-identity problem; (vi) Methodology and scope; (vii) Structure; PART ONE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND US: Collective self-interest, collective inaction, and collective harm; 2. In the Same Boat; (i) Re-thinking collectivities; (ii) Non-intentionalist collectivities; (iii) Climate change, risk, and fundamental interests

(iv) (Not quite) a collectivity of humanity(v) Collective beneficence; (vi) Collectivities, prudential incentives, and moral duties; Conclusions; 3. Doing and Preventing Harm; (i) Should-be collectivities; (ii) Harm we can prevent together; (iii) Harm we do between us; (iv) Climate change and collective harm; (v) Practice and principle; Conclusions; PART TWO: PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES: Duties to whom?; 4. Harming and Protecting Non-Humans; (i) Non-human collectivities; (ii) Harm, beneficence, and non-human animals; (iii) Harming and protecting species and systems

(iv) What's in a number? Mitigation and the non-identity problem(v) Too many victims; Conclusions; PART THREE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND ME: What I should do when we fail to act; 5. Mimicking Duties; (i) Exclusivity and 'fair shares'; (ii) Individual harm; (iii) Consequences and ideal rules; (iv) Playing by future rules; (v) Mimicking as a virtue; (vi) Kantian contradictions; Conclusions; 6. Promotional and Direct Duties; (i) Individuals and institutions; (ii) Effectiveness, fairness, and efficiency; (iii) Direct duties; (iv) Back to mimicking: motivation and hypocrisy

(v) The limits of demandingness(vi) Different demands?; Conclusions; PART FOUR: CLIMATE CHANGE AND MORAL BAGGAGE: Collective failure, individual costs, and marring choices; 7. Living With Ourselves; (i) Being human; (ii) The cost of doing what we ought; (iii) Moral taint; (iv) Irreconcilable choices; (v) Irreconcilability, marring, and regret; (vi) Are we all marred by tragic choices?; (vii) Objections; Conclusions; Conclusion; Key claims and definitions; Glossary of philosophical terms; A; B; C; D; E; I; M; N; O; P; R; S; U; V; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L

MN; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-164393-9

1-299-47440-3

OCLC:

922971797