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The Anthropocene Project : virtue in the age of climate change /

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The Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC contains a detailed analysis of the threats climate change poses to human security. The IPCC chairman stated recently that the new report shows how our persistent inaction on climate change presents a grave threat to 'the very social stability of human sy...

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Main Author: Williston, Byron, 1965- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Human beings > Effect of climate on.
Climatic changes.
Climate and civilization.
Êtres humains > Influence du climat.
Climat > Changements.
Climat et civilisation.
climate change.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Climate and civilization
Climatic changes
Human beings > Effect of climate on
Electronic books.
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Summary:The Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC contains a detailed analysis of the threats climate change poses to human security. The IPCC chairman stated recently that the new report shows how our persistent inaction on climate change presents a grave threat to 'the very social stability of human systems'. This book attempts to make philosophical sense of this. We are now in 'the human age' - the Anthropocene - but it argues that this is no mere geological marker. It is instead best viewed as the latest permutation of an already existing moral and political project rooted in Enlightenment values.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191063657
0191063657
9780191808975
0191808970