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Engineering the climate : the ethics of solar radiation management

Author: Christopher J Preston
Publisher: Lanham, [Md.] : Lexington Books, ©2012.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Christopher J Preston
ISBN: 9780739175408 0739175408 9780739175415 0739175416
OCLC Number: 783155081
Description: ix, 267 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction : The Extraordinary Ethics of Solar Radiation Management / Christopher J. Preston --
Part I. Present and Future Generations --
Geoengineering, Solidarity, and Moral Risk / Marion Hourdequin --
Might Solar Radiation Management Constitute a Dilemma? / Konrad Ott --
Domination and the Ethics of Solar Radiation Management / Patrick Taylor Smith --
Part II. Marginalized, Vulnerable, and Voiceless Populations --
Indigenous Peoples, Solar Radiation Management, and Consent / Kyle Powys Whyte --
Solar Radiation Management and Vulnerable Populations : The Moral Deficit and its Prospects / Christopher J. Preston --
Solar Radiation Management and Non-human Species / Ronald Sandler --
Part III. Moral Hazards and Hidden Benefits --
The World That Would Have Been : Moral Hazard Arguments Against Geoengineering / Ben Hale --
Climate Remediation to Address Social Development Challenges : Going Beyond Cost Benefit and Risk Approaches to Assessing Solar Radiation Management / Holly Jean Buck --
Part IV. Ethics of Framing and Rhetoric --
Insurance Policy or Technological Fix : The Ethical Implications of Framing Solar Radiation Management / Dane Scott --
Public Concerns About the Ethics of Solar Radiation Management / Wylie Carr, Ashley Mercer, and Clare Palmer --
Part V. The Cultural Milieu --
The Setting of the Scene : Technological Fixes and the Design of the Good Life / Albert Borgmann --
Between Babel and Pelagius : Religion, Theology, and Geoengineering / Forrest Clingerman --
Making Climates : Solar Radiation Management and the Ethics of Fabrication / Maia Galarraga and Bronislaw Szerszynski.
Responsibility: Christopher J. Preston.
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This well-written, well-edited work makes the assumption that solar radiation management (SRM) would be accomplished by putting reflective aerosols into the atmosphere since the world is not doing Read more...

 
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