Climate change and ethics

被引:54
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作者
Hayward, Tim [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Social & Polit Sci, Edinburgh EH8 9LD, Midlothian, Scotland
关键词
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT; JUSTICE; STERN; RESPONSIBILITIES; ADAPTATION; DEBT;
D O I
10.1038/NCLIMATE1615
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
What does it matter if the climate changes? This kind of question does not admit of a scientific answer. Natural science can tell us what some of its biophysical effects are likely to be; social scientists can estimate what consequences such effects could have for human lives and livelihoods. But how should we respond? The question is, at root, about how we think we should live and different people have myriad different ideas about this. The distinctive task of ethics is to bring some clarity and order to these ideas.
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