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Author:   Mark Budolfson (Rutgers University) ,  Tristram McPherson (Ohio State University) ,  David Plunkett (Dartmouth College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.788kg
ISBN:  

9780198796282

ISBN 10:   0198796285
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   01 April 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Abstracts for Chapters Introduction Section I. Valuing Climate Change Impacts 1: Peter Railton: A Convenient Truth? Climate Change and Quality of Life 2: Jeff Sebo: Animals and Climate Change 3: Maddalena Ferranna: Discounting under Risk: Utilitarianism vs. Prioritarianism 4: Kian Mintz-Woo: A Philosopher's Guide to Discounting 5: Gustaf Arrhenius, Mark Budolfson, and Dean Spears: Climate Change Policy Depend Importantly On Population Ethics? Deflationary Responses to the Challenges of Population Ethics for Public Policy Section II. Cognition, Emotions, and Climate Change 6: Chrisoula Andreou: Way to Go, Me 7: Alison McQueen: The Wages of Fear? Toward Fearing Well About Climate Change 8: Dan Greco: Climate Change and Cultural Cognition Section III. Climate Change and Individual Ethics 9: Julia Nefsky: Climate Change and Individual Obligations: A Dilemma for the Expected Utility Approach, and the Need for an Imperfect View 10: Tristram McPherson: The Puzzle of Inefficacy 11: Gunnar Bjoernsson: On individual and shared obligations: in defense of the activist's perspective 12: John Broome: What Harm Does Each of Us Do? Section IV. Climate Change and Politics 13: Lucas Stancyzk: How Quickly Should the World Reduce Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Welfare Economics, the Non-Identity Problem, and the Structure of Intergenerational Justice 14: Mark Budolfson: Political Realism, Feasibility Wedges, and Opportunities for Collective Action on Climate Change 15: Katie Steele: Pareto Improvements and Feasible Climate Solutions 16: Dale Jamieson and Marcello Di Paola: Climate Change, Liberalism, and the Public/Private Distinction Index

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Mark Budolfson is Assistant Professor in the Center for Population-Level Bioethics and Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at Rutgers University. Tristram McPherson is Professor of Philosophy at the Ohio State University. David Plunkett is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College.

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