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The Anthropocene project virtue in the age of climate change

Title
The Anthropocene project [electronic resource] : virtue in the age of climate change / Byron Williston.
Author
Williston, Byron, 1965-
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

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Description
1 online resource.
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.
Uniform Title
Anthropocene project (Online)
Alternative Title
Anthropocene project (Online)
Subject
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • Climatic changes > Government policy
  • Climatic changes > Social aspects
  • Environmental ethics
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 22, 2015).
OCLC
ssj0001559839
Author
Williston, Byron, 1965-
Title
The Anthropocene project [electronic resource] : virtue in the age of climate change / Byron Williston.
Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 22, 2015).
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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Print version : 9780198746713
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