A Perfect Moral Storm by Gardiner, Stephen M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Global Environmental Tragedy

I. My Approach II. Introducing the Perfect Storm Metaphor III. Climate Change IV. The Wider Relevance of the Model V. Outline of the Book

PART A: OVERVIEW

Chapter 1: A Perfect Moral Storm

I. Why Ethics? II. The Global Storm III. The Intergenerational Storm IV. The Theoretical Storm V. The Problem of Moral Corruption

Chapter 2: The Consumption Tragedy

I. What’s the Point of Game Theory? II. Motivating the Models III. A Green Energy Revolution? IV. Consumption and Happiness V. Conclusion

PART B: THE GLOBAL STORM

Chapter 3: Somebody Else’s Problem?

I. Past Climate Policy II. Somebody Else’s Burden? III. Against Optimism IV. Conclusion

Chapter 4: A Shadowy and Evolving Tragedy

I. Climate Prisoners? II. An Evolving Tragedy III. Beyond Pessimism IV. Lingering Tragedy V. Climate Policy in the Shadows VI. Conclusion

PART C: THE INTERGENERATIONAL STORM

Chapter 5: The Tyranny of the Contemporary

I. Problems With “Generations” II. Intergenerational Buck-Passing III. Intergenerational Buck-Passing vs. The Prisoner’s Dilemma IV. The Features of the Pure Intergenerational Problem V. Applications and Complications VI. Mitigating Factors VII. Conclusion

Chapter 6: An Intergenerational Arms Race?

I. Abrupt Climate Change II. Three Causes of Political Inertia III. Against Undermining IV. Conclusion

PART D: THE THEORETICAL STORM

I. The Global Test II. Scenarios III. A Conjecture IV. Theoretical Vices V. An Illustration: Utilitarianism VI. The Status of the Complaint VII. Conclusion

Chapter 8: Cost-Benefit Paralysis

I. Cost-Benefit Analysis in Normal Contexts II. CBA for Climate Change III. The Presumption Against Discounting IV. The Basic Economics of the Discount Rate V. Discounting the Rich? VI. Declining Discount Rates VII. Two Objections to Not Discounting VIII. The “Anything Goes” Argument IX. Conclusion

PART E: MORAL CORRUPTION

Chapter 9: Jane Austen vs. Climate Economics

I. Corruption II. The Dubious Dashwoods: Initial Parallels III. The Opening Assault on the Status of the Moral Claim IV. The Assault on Content V. Indirect Attacks VI. The Moral of the Story

Chapter 10: Geoengineering in an Atmosphere of Evil

I. An Idea that is Changing the World II. Political Inertia Revisited III. Two Preliminary Arguments IV. Arming the Future V. Arm the Present? VI. Evolving Shadows VII. Underestimating Evil 379 VIII. An Atmosphere of Evil IX. “But … Should We Do It?”

PART F: WHAT NOW?

Chapter 11: Some Initial Ethics for the Transition

I. An Ethical Framing II. The Ethics of Skepticism III. Past Emissions IV. Future Emissions V. Responsibility VI. Ideal Theory VII. Conclusion

Chapter 12: The Immediate Future

References Index