Philosophical Foundations of Climate Change Policy

by Joseph Heath

There is widespread agreement that something must be done to combat anthropogenic climate change. And yet what is the extent of our obligations? It would clearly be unjust for us to allow global warming to reach dangerous levels. But what is the nature of this injustice? Providing a plausible philosophical specification of the wrongness of our present inaction has proven surprisingly difficult. Much of this is due to the temporal structure of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197567983
• ISBN13: 9780197567982
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.6"