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Ethical Choices and Global Greenhouse Warming

By: Lydia Dotto

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Ethical Choices and Global Greenhouse Warming

By: Lydia Dotto

There are many things we can choose to do about climate change, including doing nothing at all. All of them have consequences, many of which will be unforeseen. If we could foretell more accurately what would happen to the climate in the future, our choices might be clearer, if not necessarily easier to make. Unfortunately, predicting future climate change is fraught with uncertainty, and we will be forced to make choices in the face of that uncertainty. To what extent are we motivated in this difficult process by a desire to do the “right thing”? And how do we decide what is the right thing to do? The answer to these questions depends on whose ethical interests are considered. What is best for a Canadian living in the last decade of the twentieth century—even supposing we could discover what that is—might not be best for a Somali, or for our great-grandchildren, or for the rain forest of the Amazon or the kangaroos of Australia. Decisions about what to do about global warming will therefore be influenced by how much relative weight we give to the ethical interests of Canadians, Somalis, grandchildren, rain forests, kangaroos and a host of other variables. Weighing these competing interests is an exercise in applied ethics. This book examines the role that ethics can and should play in our decisions about how to deal with global warming.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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1554586712

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Thinking the Unthinkable

Civilization and Rapid Climate Change

By: Lydia Dotto

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Thinking the Unthinkable

Civilization and Rapid Climate Change

By: Lydia Dotto

An overwhelming majority of climatologists believe there will be significant changes in climate during the next century. Although the rate and magnitude of this change are uncertain, it could happen very rapidly. In August 1987, a working group of fifty scientists and humanists from Russia, Eastern and Western Europe, the United States, and Canada gathered in Calgary to focus their attention on the impact upon civilization of sudden climate change. One of the more revealing aspects of climate change discussed in Thinking the Unthinkable: Civilization and Rapid Climate Change is that contrary to the popular viewpoint complex societies are more vulnerable to environmental and climate disruption than less “advanced” societies. This work was written to emphasize the gravity of the situation we now face. It should serve to inform not only those concerned with our global environment, but more importantly the policy makers who will be responsible for setting new guidelines and policies aimed at safeguarding our fragile environment.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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0889208247

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Losing Sleep

How Your Sleeping Habits Affect Your Life

By: Lydia Dotto

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Losing Sleep

How Your Sleeping Habits Affect Your Life

By: Lydia Dotto

In this fascinating and even disturbing study (Booklist), Lydia Dotto enthusiastically explores virtually every angle of the latest sleep theory and research.--Library Journal. In a world where we seem to have less and less time for sleep, this remarkable book has never been more necessary.

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Quill

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0688112757

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9780688112752

Planet Earth in Jeopardy

Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War

By: Lydia Dotto

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Planet Earth in Jeopardy

Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War

By: Lydia Dotto

A distillation of the report by the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), an international effort by over 200 scientisits. Written for a lay audience, it presents the thrust of the original arguments of the two-volume study without the scientific minutiae. Explores the climatic and atmospheric changes induced, radiation and fallout, and the putative biological consequences.

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Wiley

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0471998362

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9780471998365

Thinking the Unthinkable

Civilization and Rapid Climate Change

By: Lydia Dotto

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Civilization and Rapid Climate Change

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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Blue Planet

A Portrait of the Earth

By: Lydia Dotto

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Blue Planet

A Portrait of the Earth

By: Lydia Dotto

As it provides us with an opportunity to see the earth anew, Blue Planet also describes some of the most important environmental problems facing us, and recounts the impact of space photography on environmental research. 60 oversized full-color photographs.

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Harry N Abrams Incorporated

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0810924722

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9780810924727

Losing Sleep

How Your Sleeping Habits Affect Your Life

By: Lydia Dotto

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How Your Sleeping Habits Affect Your Life

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Ethical Choices and Global Greenhouse Warming

By: Lydia Dotto

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Letters of Lydia Maria Child

By: Lydia Maria 1802-1880 Child,John Greenleaf 1807-1892 Whittier,Wendell 1811-1884 Phillips

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Letters of Lydia Maria Child

By: Lydia Maria 1802-1880 Child,John Greenleaf 1807-1892 Whittier,Wendell 1811-1884 Phillips

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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1372237313

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Book's by Lydia Dotto

Ethical Choices and Global Greenhouse Warming

Ethical Choices and Global Greenhouse Warming

Thinking the Unthinkable

Thinking the Unthinkable

Losing Sleep

Losing Sleep

Planet Earth in Jeopardy

Planet Earth in Jeopardy

Thinking the Unthinkable

Thinking the Unthinkable

Blue Planet

Blue Planet

Losing Sleep

Losing Sleep

Ethical Choices and Global Greenhouse Warming

Ethical Choices and Global Greenhouse Warming

Letters of Lydia Maria Child

Letters of Lydia Maria Child

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