The Ethics of Global Climate Change

by Denis G. Arnold (Editor)

Global climate change is one of the most daunting ethical and political challenges confronting humanity in the twenty-first century. The intergenerational and transnational ethical issues raised by climate change have been the focus of a significant body of scholarship. In this new collection of essays, leading scholars engage and respond to first-generation scholarship and argue for new ways of thinking about our ethical obligations to present and future generations. Topics addressed in these essays include moral accountability for energy consumption and emissions, egalitarian and libertarian perspectives on mitigation, justice in relation to cap-and trade schemes, the ethics of adaptation, and the ethical dimensions of the impact of climate change on nature.

354 pages, Paperback

First published March 31, 2011

About the author

Professor of Management and Surtman Distinguished Professor of Business Ethics at Belk College of Business, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Dr. Arnold joined the Belk College of Business in 2008. His research focuses on business ethics, sustainability, and public policy. He has published extensively on ethical issues in international business, including labor practices in off-shore factories, business and human rights, and business relations with base of the pyramid populations. In addition, Dr. Arnold has an active research stream (with several collaborators) focused on organizational business ethics and public policy regarding the pharmaceutical industry. His publications include over 20 journal articles, numerous book chapters, and six books. He is a past recipient of the Belk College's annual "Best Paper" Award for faculty research.

Reviews

[David Paaske]

3,5 ⭐️

A wide range of academic articles concerning the ethics of climate change. Some of these articles I regard as important, but a few was superfluous.