Arguing about climate change: Judging the handling of climate risk to future generations by comparison to the general standards of conduct in the case ... to contemporaries (AUP Dissertation Series) - Softcover

Davidson, Marc D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9056295535 ISBN 13: 9789056295530

Publisher: Vossiuspers UvA, 2014

Synopsis

Judging the handling of climate risk to future generations by comparison to the general standards of conduct in the case of risk to contemporaries. Intergenerational justice requires that climate risks to future generations be handled with the same reasonable care deemed acceptable by society in the case of risks to contemporaries. Such general standards of conduct are laid down in tort law, for example. Consequently, the validity of arguments for or against more stringent climate policy can be judged by comparison to the general standards of conduct applying in the case of risk to contemporaries. That this consistency test is able to disqualify certain arguments in the climate debate is illustrated by a further investigation of the debate on the social discount rate, used in cost-benefit analysis of climate policy.

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About the Author

The present thesis is based on research carried out by Marc Davidson at the University of Amsterdam. Marc currently works as a senior consultant at CE Delft, Solutions for environment, economy and technology, and teaches bioethics at the University of Amsterdam.

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Algemene normen van gedrag met betrekking tot beslissingen over de klimaatstrategie worden vastgelegd in de 'in tort law'. Hierdoor kan de geldigheid van argumenten voor of tegen een strenger klimaatbeleid vergeleken worden met de algemene normen van gedrag die op tijdgenoten van toepassing is. Door deze geldigheidstest kunnen bepaalde argumenten i

Edition details

• Publisher: Vossiuspers UvA
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 9056295535
• ISBN 13: 9789056295530
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 148