Energy Security, Equality, and Justice

by Benjamin K. Sovacool, Roman V. Sidortsov, Benjamin R. Jones

Book Overview

This book applies concepts from ethics, justice, and political philosophy to five sets of contemporary energy problems cutting across time, economics, politics, geography, and technology.

In doing so, the authors derive two key energy justice principles from modern theories of distributive justice, procedural justice, and cosmopolitan justice. The prohibitive principle states that "energy systems must be designed and constructed in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415815207
• ISBN13: 9780415815208
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.4"