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Garvey<\/a> summarises what moral philosophy does (gives reasons for its claims), summarises the strength of the evidence for global warming (there is no "controversy"), and then analyses various possible policy responses. <\/span><\/p>\n

What does "discounting the future" imply for our attitude to future generations? What weight ought to be given to some version of the "precautionary principle<\/a>"? And what about the US line that taking drastic action to curb global warming would be bad for the economy? Garvey doesn’t mince words: that, he says, amounts to "harming people for money". Sceptical of promises of technological quick fixes, he concludes that everyone must make large cuts to their energy use, right now.<\/span><\/p>\n

Subtitled “Right and wrong in a warming world”, this is an excellent book<\/a> to think with: Garvey has a delicious style, often very funny, and a trick of ushering the reader right inside his thought experiments; though I disagreed with his introductory decree that "A philosophy book is no place for suspense", as might other admirers of Wittgenstein<\/a>.
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\nThe Ethics of Climate Change <\/i>
\nJames Garvey
\nContinuum Books, 2008<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

\n— By Steven Poole
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
www.guardian.co.uk\/<\/a><\/div>\n

Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited, 2008<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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