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Taylor & Francis Ltd What Should Individuals Do About Climate Change? : A Debate

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Taylor & Francis Ltd What Should Individuals Do About Climate Change? : A Debate

Climate change is a pressing problem. Does each of us have a moral responsibility to help tackle it?In this volume, Marion Hourdequin and Dan Shahar debate the timely issue of individual behavior and climate change, examining what it takes to live morally in a warming world. Hourdequin argues there are important reasons for people to translate their concerns about climate change into actions in their personal lives.This includes attending to the many ways a single individual can help catalyze systemic change through choices about voting and political participation, food and clothing, energy use, travel, and so on.Shahar disagrees because he endorses moral specialization and division of labor in a world filled with many problems.He argues we should not expect everyone to take action on every serious issue: rather, it is acceptable and even desirable for people to focus on certain issues and decline to act on others – including climate change.The two authors take turns responding to each other and then defending their ultimate conclusions.This volume is sure to draw attention to the question of “individual choice” in climate change debates and to help clarify some of the best thinking on this issue. Key Features:Refocuses attention from big-picture debates over the actions of nations and corporations to more tractable questions about individual choicesExamines whether there are good reasons to structure our daily lives to reduce our impacts on the climateExplores whether it would be best if individuals became “moral specialists” by focusing on a small number of problems while declining to act on many othersIs highly accessible, with clear language and an easy-to-follow formatProvides a glossary of key terms that are bolded in the main textIncludes section summaries that give an overview of the main arguments and a comprehensive bibliography for further reading

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