The Ethics of Climate Engineering: Solar Radiation Management and Non-Ideal Justice

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Toby Svoboda

The Ethics of Climate Engineering

Solar Radiation Management and Non-Ideal Justice

Toby Svoboda

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English

Routledge
02 June 2017

Ethics & moral philosophy; Geophysics; Global warming; Environmental science, engineering & technology

Series: Routledge Research in Applied Ethics

This book analyzes major ethical issues surrounding the use of climate engineering, particularly solar radiation management (SRM) techniques, which have the potential to reduce some risks of anthropogenic climate change but also carry their own risks of harm and injustice. The book argues that we should approach the ethics of climate engineering via ""non-ideal theory,"" which investigates what justice requires given the fact that many parties have failed to comply with their duty to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Specifically, it argues that climate justice should be approached comparatively, evaluating the relative justice or injustice of feasible policies under conditions that are likely to hold within relevant timeframes. Likely near-future conditions include ""pessimistic scenarios,"" in which no available option avoids serious ethical problems. The book contends that certain uses of SRM can be ethically defensible in some pessimistic scenarios. This is the first book devoted to the many ethical issues surrounding climate engineering.

By: Toby Svoboda
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9781138204836
ISBN 10: 1138204838
Series: Routledge Research in Applied Ethics
Pages: 186
Publication Date: 02 June 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Toby Svoboda is an assistant professor of philosophy at Fairfield University. He has published in journals such as Environmental Ethics, Environmental Values, and The Journal of Moral Philosophy. He is the author of Duties Regarding Nature: A Kantian Environmental Ethic (Routledge, 2015).

Reviews for The Ethics of Climate Engineering: Solar Radiation Management and Non-Ideal Justice

""Svoboda has written a book that does a good job staking a place in the debate around the ethics of solar radiation management (SRM), while still serving as good introduction. It also contributes to growing reflection on the relationship between climate change and non-ideal theories of justice."" – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews