The Ethics of Climate Change: Right and Wrong in a Warming World by James Garvey

Introduction     1
A Warmer World     7
Strange changes     8
Consensus     12
Sound science     17
Prospects     24
Right and Wrong     33
Philosophy and morality     34
The importance of giving reasons     35
Justifying moral beliefs     41
Consistency, moral theories, intuitions     46
Environmental ethics     49
Responsibility     57
Agency and spatial and temporal complexities     59
The prisoner's dilemma and the tragedy of the commons     61
Historical principles of justice     66
Present entitlements and capacities     76
Sustainability     83
Doing Nothing     89
Uncertainty     90
Costs     97
Technological rescue     101
Waiting for others to act     106
Urgency     110
Doing Something     113
Criteria of moral adequacy     114
UNFCCC and Kyoto     119
Equal per capita shares     126
Comparable burdens     130
Individual Choices     137
Consistencyagain     138
Psychological barriers     143
Individual action     147
Civil disobedience     151
Epilogue     155
Notes     159
Bibliography     169
Index     175