Climate change is a global problem that is predominantly an intergenerationalconflict, and which takes place in a setting where our ethical impulses are weak. This 'perfect moral storm' poses a profound challenge to humanity. This book explains how the 'perfect storm' metaphor makes sense of our current malaise, and why a better ethics can help see our way out. INDICE: Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: A Global Environmental Tragedy; I. Some Assumptions; II. Introducing the Perfect Storm Metaphor; III. Climate Change; IV. The Wider Relevance of the Model; V. Outline of the Book; Part A: Overview; 1. A Perfect Moral Storm; I. Why Ethics?; II. The Global Storm; III. The Intergenerational Storm; IV. The Theoretical Storm; V. The Problemof Moral Corruption; 2. A Consumption Tragedy; I. What is the Point of Game Theory; II. Motivating the Models; III. A Green Energy Revolution?; IV. Consumption and Happiness; Part B: The Global Storm; 3. Somebody Else's Problem; I. Past Climate Policy; II. Somebody Else's Burden; III. Against Optimism; IV. Conclusion; 4. In the Shadow of a Common Tragedy; I. Climate Prisoners?; II. An Evolving Tragedy; III. Beyond Pessimism; IV. Lingering Tragedy; V. Climate Policy in the Shadows; VI. Conclusion; Part C: The Intergenerational Storm; 5. TheTyranny of the Contemporary; I. Problems with 'Generations'; II. Intergenerational Buck-Passing; III. Intergenerational Buck-Passing vs. The Prisoner's Dilemma; IV. The Features of the Pure Intergenerational Problem; V. Applications and Complications; VI. Mitigating Factors; VII. The Non-Identity Problem: A Quick Aside; VIII. Against Undermining; IX. Conclusion; 6. An Intergenerational Arms Race?; I. Abrupt Climate Change; II. Three Causes of Political Inertia; III. Against Undermining; IV. Conclusion; Part D: The Theoretical Storm; 7. A Global Test for Political Institutions and Theories; I. The Global Test; II. Scenarios; III. A Conjecture; IV. Theoretical Vices; V. An Illustration: Utilitarianism; VI. Understanding the Complaint; VII. Conclusion; 8. Cost-Benefit Analysis; I. Cost-Benefit Analysis in Normal Contexts; II. CBA for Climate Change; III. The Presumption Against Discounting; IV. The Basic Economics of the Discount Rate; V. Discounting the Rich?; VI. Declining Discount Rates; VII. Two Objections to 'Not Discounting'; VIII. The 'Devil's in the Details' Argument; IX. Conclusions; Part E: Moral Corruption; 9. Jane Austen vs. Climate Economics; I. Corruption; II. The Dubious Dashwoods: Initial Parallels; III. The Opening Assault on the Status of the Moral Claim; IV. The Assault on Content; V. Indirect Attacks; VI. The Moral of the Story; 10. Geoengineering in an Atomosphere of Evil; I. An Idea that is Changing the World; II. The Problem of PoliticalInertia Revisited; III. Two Preliminary Arguments: Cost and 'Research First'?; IV. Arming the Future; V. Arm the Present?; VI. Evolving the Shadows; VII. Underestimating 'Evil'; VIII. An Atmosphere of Evil?; IX. 'Should We Do It?'; Part F: What Now?; Conclusion: The Immediate Future; Postscript: Some Initial Ethics of the Transition; I. Introduction; II. The Ethics of Skepticism; III. Past Emissions; IV. Future Emissions; V. Responsibility; VI. Ideal Theory; VII.Conclusion; Appendices; Appendix 1: The Population Theory: ; I. Hardin's Analysis; II. Population as a T
- ISBN: 978-0-19-537944-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 432
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2011
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- Idioma: Inglés