Ethical Aspects of Climate Engineering

• Autore principale: Betz, GregorCacean, Sebastian (auth)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: KIT Scientific Publishing 2012
• Soggetti: Philosophy; climate engineering; climate ethics; ethics; argument map; geoengineering
• Accesso online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This study investigates the ethical aspects of deploying and researching into so-called climate engineering methods, i.e. large-scale technical interventions in the climate system with the objective of offsetting anthropogenic climate change. The moral reasons in favour of and against R&D into a...