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Ethics of Climate Change: Right and Wrong in a Warming World [Kindle Edition]

James Garvey
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"It's an excellent book to think with: Garvey has a delicious style, often very funny, and a trick of ushering the reader right inside his thought experiments." --Stephen Poole, The Guardian

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"The Ethics of Climate Change is a model of philosophical reasoning about one of the greatest moral challenges any generation has ever faced. If you don't yet know why you should be morally outraged about the present situation, read this book. Calmly, carefully, with well-marshalled facts and sound argument, Garvey shows us just how badly the nations of the industrialized world - and the citizens of those nations - are behaving. He also tells us what we need to do about it."

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 305 KB
  • Print Length: 193 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0826497373
  • Publisher: Continuum (21 Jan 2008)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B00526IE0K
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #352,210 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After being forced fed facts of climate change by the media I just assumed we should do something about it, but never really thought beyond scientific or economical grounds.

This book cuts straight to moral questions which I had never considered before and in language everyone can understand.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Books on climate change are fashionable right now. The basic fact is settled: our carbon emissions are changing the global weather system, with deleterious and potentially catastrophic results. But few books address the moral questions this raises. Whose responsibility is it? What should we do about it? Why should we even care?

James Garvey presents a careful discussion of just these issues. He explains the science clearly and concisely, but his focus is on moral philosophy. It is as good an introduction to this topic as it is to climate change. Witty without being frivolous, explanatory but never condescending, it is engaging and challenging in equal measure.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
Being a novice in the world of philosophy, I found this book to be a thought provoking and worthy read as an introduction to climate change without the trappings of being forced fed a particular opinion. For me the down to earth approach to the issue worked well, with balanced arguements littered throughout the text that ultimately proved to be much more than just a book to read on the train to work. Highly recommended.
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Biased viewpoint
I read this book with interest for the light that a contemporary philosopher might shed on a controversial subject, but was sorely disappointed. Read more
Published 17 days ago by Dr. P. R. Lewis
Highly recommended
I think this is a great little book. It's thought provoking and clearly and skillfully written.
Published on 29 May 2010 by B. Hudson
Compelling and Engaging
Garvey's writing style is like having a conversation with a good friend. Humors at times, the book is written in clear language that is both accessible and absorbing. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2008 by R. Searle
Intelligent, thought provoking, highly accessible
I'll place my reviewing credentials up front: I'm no philosopher, or hardcore environmental activist for that matter - the main reason for buying this was because I very much... Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2008 by I. Sillitoe
Highly recommended introduction
As someone who was concerned about climate change but not yet convinced about what should be done I found this book to be a clear and easily understandable introduction to both... Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2008 by Bookwyrm
So so
I bought this book as a firm believer in anthropogenic climate change, hoping to get a grounding in the ethics and morals of the subjects as a way of arming myself in arguments on... Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2008 by ToneFloat
Not so much climate change as just hot air
I'm sorry to be the one to pour the first cold water in this one. I found the book insufferably patronising. Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2008 by Barton Keyes
Strongly recommended for those with still unchanged life styles
I need to declare my position vis-à-vis climate change - I was already well convinced both about the seriousness of the issue and the need for personal action, before... Read more
Published on 4 July 2008 by R. Vernon
OK, I'm convinced
Well, I must admit that before reading this book, I was not so much a climate sceptic as a climate nihilist. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2008 by Robert J. Kerr
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