Why We Have a Moral Responsibility to Slow Climate Change Right Now
Why is it our generation’s burden to take responsibility for the ravages of climate change? Do those in wealthier countries have a particular moral responsibility toward billions of people living far from them—considering that these wealthy nations reaped the benefits of the Industrial Revolution but also contributed disproportionately to lasting climate damage—and if so, why and how much responsibility? The post Briefly Noted: The Pivotal Generation: Why We Have a Moral Responsibility to Slow Climate Change Right Now appeared first on Ethics & International Affairs.
The Pivotal Generation: Why We Have a Moral Responsibility to Slow Climate Change Right Now, Henry Shue (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2021), 208 pp., cloth $27.95, eBook $27.95.
Why is it our generation’s burden to take responsibility for the ravages of climate change? Do those in wealthier countries have a particular moral responsibility toward billions of people living far from them—considering that these wealthy nations reaped the benefits of the Industrial Revolution but also contributed disproportionately to lasting climate damage—and if so, why and how much responsibility?
These are some of the questions tackled by noted political philosopher Henry Shue in The Pivotal Generation: Why We Have a Moral Responsibility to Slow Climate Change Right Now.
