Reason in a dark time : why the struggle against climate change failed-- and what it means for our future /
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| Author / Creator: | Jamieson, Dale. |
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| Imprint: | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014] |
| Description: | xvi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9981687 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Nature of the Problem
- 2.1. The Development of Climate Science
- 2.2. Climate Change as a Public Issue
- 2.3. The Age of Climate Diplomacy
- 2.4. Concluding Remarks
- 3. Obstacles to Action
- 3.1. Scientific Ignorance
- 3.2. Politicizing Science
- 3.3. Facts and Values
- 3.4. The Science/Policy Interface
- 3.5. Organized Denial
- 3.6. Partisanship
- 3.7. Political Institutions
- 3.8. The Hardest Problem
- 3.9. Concluding Remarks
- 4. The Limits of Economics
- 4.1. Economics and Climate Change
- 4.2. The Stern Review and Its Critics
- 4.3. Discounting
- 4.4. Further Problems
- 4.5. State of the Discussion
- 4.6. Concluding Remarks
- 5. The Frontiers of Ethics
- 5.1. The Domain of Concern
- 5.2. Responsibility and Harm
- 5.3. Fault Liability
- 5.4. Human Rights and Domination
- 5.5. Differences That Matter
- 5.6. Revising Morality
- 5.7. Concluding Remarks
- 6. Living with Climate Change
- 6.1. Life in the Anthropocene
- 6.2. It Doesn't Matter What I Do
- 6.3. It's Not the Meat, It's the Motion
- 6.4. Ethics for the Anthropocene
- 6.5. Respect for Nature
- 6.6. Global Justice
- 6.7. Concluding Remarks
- 7. Politics, Policy, and the Road Ahead
- 7.1. The Rectification of Names
- 7.2. Adaptation: The Neglected Option?
- 7.3. Why We Need More Than Adaptation
- 7.4. The Category Formerly Known as Geoengineering
- 7.5. The Way Forward
- 7.6. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Index
