Titre et auteur:

Future ethics : climate change and apocalyptic imagination / edited by Stefan Skrimshire.

Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010.

Description:

xvi, 290 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : how should we think about the future? / Stefan Skrimshire -- A short history of environmental apocalypse / Frederick Buell -- Four meanings of climate change / Mike Hulme -- The apocalyptic as contemporary dialectic : from thanatos (violence) to eros (transformation) / Mark Levene -- Saved by disaster? Abrupt climate change, political inertia and the possibility of an intergenerational arms race / Stephen M. Gardiner -- Living in uncertainty : anthropogenic global warming and the limits of 'risk thinking' / Christopher Groves -- Bringing hope 'to crisis' : crisis thinking, ethical action and social change / Sarah S. Amsler -- Empathy and climate change : proposals for a revolution of human relationships / Roman Krznaric -- Are we armed only with peer-reviewed science? The scientization of politics in the radical environmental movement / Andrew Bowman -- The ultimate paradigm shift : environmentalism as antithesis to the modern paradigm of progress / Richard McNeill Douglas -- Eternal return of apocalypse / Stefan Skrimshire -- Beyond humanity's end : an exploration of a dramatic versus narrative rhetoric and its ethical implications / Celia Deane-Drummond -- Are we there yet? Coming to the end of the line : a postnatural enquiry / Peter Manley Scott.

Résumé:

Presenting a comprehensive examination of the philosophical questions facing activists, policy makers and educators fighting the causes of climate change, this book reflects a genuine crisis in ethical reflection for individuals and groups in today's society.

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ISBN:

9781441176554
1441176551
9781441139580 (pbk.)
1441139583 (pbk.)

Sujet:

Environmental ethics.
Global warming Moral and ethical aspects.
Climatic changes Moral and ethical aspects.
Environmental responsibility.
Éthique de l'environnement.
Réchauffement de la Terre Aspect moral.
Climat Changements Aspect moral.
Responsabilité environnementale.
Klimaänderung
Umweltethik
Miljöetik.
Global uppvärmning etik och moral.
Klimatförändringar etik och moral.
klimaatverandering
climatic change
opwarming van de aarde
global warming
milieuafbraak
environmental degradation
preventie
prevention
belangengroepen
interest groups
ecologische risicoschatting
ecological risk assessment
milieubeleid
environmental policy
religie
religion
morele waarden
moral values
ethiek
ethics
sociale ethiek
social ethics
verantwoordelijkheid
responsibility
toekomst
future
wereld
world
filosofie
philosophy
Climatic Change
Klimaatverandering

Classification/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Vedettes secondaires:

Skrimshire, Stefan.

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Localisation: Bibliothèque main 294000
Cote: BIB 239274
Statut: Disponible