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Title Climate matters : ethics in a warming world / John Broome.
Author Broome, John, 1947-
Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton, c2012.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  179.1 BRO    Check Shelves
 Southeast  179.1 BRO    Check Shelves
Edition 1st ed.
Description 210 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series Amnesty International global ethics series
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Science -- Economics -- Justice and fairness -- Private morality -- Goodness -- Uncertainty -- The future versus the present -- Lives -- Population -- Conclusions.
Summary A philosopher discusses the climate change debate, including the science of greenhouse gasses, offsetting carbon emissions and the choices facing policymakers by filtering the issues through the universal philosophical standards of goodness and justice.
Subject Environmental ethics.
Climatic changes -- Moral and ethical aspects.
ISBN 9780393063363 (hardcover) : $23.95
0393063364 (hardcover)