Byron Williston

The Anthropocene Project: Virtue in the Age of Climate Change

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The recent Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggested that continuing inaction on climate change presents a significant threat to social stability. This book examines the reasons for the inaction highlighted by the IPCC and suggests the normative bases for overcoming it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780198746713
• ISBN-10: 0198746717
• Artikelnr.: 47864714

Autorenporträt

Dr. Byron Williston is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wilfrid Laurier University. He received his PhD in Philosophy at The University of Toronto, and has taught at the University of Toronto, The University of South Florida, and Wilfrid Laurier University. He is the author of Environmental Ethics for Canadians, 2nd edition (forthcoming, Oxford University Press) as well as numerous articles on the History of Philosophy, Ethical Theory, Environmental Ethics, Epistemology, and the problem of motivated irrationality.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction: Climate Change and the Virtues
2: The Anthropocene Project
3: The Spectre of Fragmentation
4: Justice
5: Truthfulness
6: Hope
7: Conclusion: Will They Forgive Us?