American Heat

Ethical Problems with the United States' Response to Global Warming

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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When the world began to wake up to the global environmental crisis in the 1970s, the United States was the undisputed world leader in environmental policy. Yet, on an unsettling number of international environmental issues—including global warming—the U.S. has not only forfeited its leadership role but has too often become the major barrier to protecting the global environment. In American Heat, Donald Brown critically analyzes the U.S. response to global warming, inviting readers to examine the implicit morality of the U.S position, and ultimately to help lead the world toward an equitable sharing of the burdens and benefits of protecting the global environment. In short, Brown argues that an ethical focus on global environmental matters is the key to achieving a globally acceptable solution.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2002-05-28
Mått151 x 224 x 17 mm
Vikt372 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy
Antal sidor288
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
MedarbetareWeiskel,Tim
ISBN9780742512962

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Part 1 Preliminary MattersChapter 2 Absence of Ethical ConcernChapter 3 History of U.S. Participation in Global Warming NegotiationsChapter 4 Environmental Ethics and Global Warming PolicyChapter 5 Global Warming, Ethics, and Foreign PolicyChapter 6 What Is At Stake? Global Warming's Threat to Human Health and the EnvironmentChapter 7 Uncertainty in the Scinece of Climate ChangePart 8 Ethical Analysis of U.S. Excuses for Lack of Action on Global WarmingChapter 9 The Ethical Duty to Reduce Emission in the Face of Scientific Uncertainty about Global Warming ConsequencesChapter 10 U.S. Obligation to Act Even if the Developing World Does NotChapter 11 Ethical Issues Entailed by the Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis—Based Arguments Made In Oppositition to U.S. Greenhouse Gas Reduction ProgramsChapter 12 Ethical Problems With the U.S. Insistence on Its View of the Kyoto Flexibility MechanismsPart 13 Other Global Warming Ethical IssuesChapter 14 An Equitable Allocation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions among NationsChapter 15 Ethical Dimensions of a Greenhouse Gas Atmospheric Stabilization TargetChapter 16 Conclusion: Some Additional IssuesChapter 17 Glossary

Drawing on his own deeply American conscience, Don Brown has put America's indifference to the climate crisis into its most essential context—human ethics. As American Heat illustrates, our response to global warming is corroding our most cherished values. With so much of the debate focused on science and economics, Brown forces us to confront what we are doing to our poor neighbors around the world, to our species at home and, ultimately, to our own children.