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Principles of Justice and Real-World Climate Politics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 233

Principles of Justice and Real-World Climate Politics

There is a major divide between the work of normative theorists and concrete climate action (or inaction) politics and policies. In this volume, authors tackle the strained relationships between principles of justice and climate politics by responding to real-world climate politics and policies, offering proposals and analyses that take concerns of feasibility seriously, and identifying immediate justice and feasibility concerns with recent proposals for climate action. Contributors look at questions of feasibility as they relate to specific international institutions like the IPCC and UNFCCC, and widely discussed principles of climate justice, including backward-looking principles like polluter pays and forward-looking principles like ability to pay. Others explore the feasibility hurdles and justice concerns that challenge popular mitigation proposals. These international and interdisciplinary contributors re-think the ways the principles of climate justice should be applied, speaking to students, research scholars, activists, and policymakers.

Climate Justice and Feasibility
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 261

Climate Justice and Feasibility

This collection helps bridge the divide between the work of normative theorists and climate action (or inaction). In this volume, contributors reflect on how we should understand the relationship between theorizing about climate justice, the principles of justice that result, and feasibility constraints on climate action. Some explore the role of theorists or the usefulness of their theories for guiding policymaking and action on climate change, while others discuss concerns with who is establishing what the feasibility constraints are and how they are doing so. Others identify and discuss psychological feasibility constraints on just climate action, or draw important parallels and distinctions between the feasibility constraints that were tackled in order to address the COVID-19 pandemic and those that need to be tackled in order to respond to global climate change. The international and interdisciplinary contributors offer a range of approaches and frameworks, to re-think the ways that concerns of justice should be considered on the policy level, speaking to students, research scholars, activists, and policymakers.

Fresh, Local and Delicious
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 122

Fresh, Local and Delicious

A collection of Indigenous inspired recipes that focus on East Coast ingredients and include the region’s abundant seafood, game, fruits and vegetables. Kiju’s Restaurant in Membertou, Cape Breton, has been recognized as a dining destination for many years. In this collection of more than 50 recipes, traditional Indigenous ingredients and local artisanal products and suppliers are given pride of place. The result is delicious recipes for the home cook that focus on fresh, local ingredients. Among the recipes which spotlight local fare are Aspy Bay Mussels, Sweetgrass Lacquered Rainbow Trout, Pan-Seared Halibut with Clam Paella and Three Sisters Succotash, Roast Rack of Venison, Spiced Rum Lacquered Duck Breast with Cherry Mostarda, Warm Luskinikn Berry Bread Pudding with Maple Syrup, Phyllo-Wrapped Cheesecake with Blueberry Compote and Sour Cream Ice Cream. This cookbook is a celebration of the amazing local foods and flavours and Indigenous traditions that make Cape Breton and Nova Scotia such an exciting place for visiting, living and dining!

In Defense of Moral Luck
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 163

In Defense of Moral Luck

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introducing the Problem of Moral Luck -- 2 The Concept of Moral Luck -- 3 Against the Skeptical Denial of Moral Luck -- 4 Against the Non-skeptical Denial of Moral Luck -- 5 In Defense of Moral Luck -- 6 Error Theory for the Luck-Free Intuition -- Index

Ontology Revisited
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 154

Ontology Revisited

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Groff's argument runs counter to the familiar anti-metaphysical habit. Social and political philosophy, she maintains, is not as metaphysically neutral as it may seem. Even the most deontological of theories connects up with an attendant set of philosophical commitments regarding what kinds of things exist, as a fundamental ontological matter, and what they are like. These are topics of interest not just to social and political philosophers, but to social scientists and to philosophers of social science as well. "Ruth Groff has broken new ground in demonstrating the connection between social and political thought and the ontology of causal powers. Her account of the structure of Humean think...

What We Owe to Future People
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 233

What We Owe to Future People

What do we owe future people? Intergenerational ethics is of great philosophical and practical importance, given human beings' ability to affect not only the quality of life of future people, but also how many of them there will be (if any at all). This book develops a distinctly contractualist answer to this question--we need to justify our actions to them on grounds they could not reasonably reject. The book explores what future people could or could not reasonably reject in terms of intergenerational resource distribution, individual procreative decisions, optimal population size, and risk imposition.

The Well-Ordered Republic
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 321

The Well-Ordered Republic

Classical and contemporary republicans offer a compelling political vision built on a commitment to promoting freedom from domination, establishing popular control over public officials, and securing the empire of law. The Well-Ordered Republic provides the most rigorous, comprehensive, and up-to-date account of republican political theory presently available, while also showing how that theory can be extended to address new issues of economic justice, workplace democracy, identity politics, emergency powers, education, migration, and foreign policy. Frank Lovett argues that our shared freedom from domination is constituted by republican institutions such as democracy, the rule of law, and t...

Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 166

Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies

Technologies shape who we are, how we organize our societies and how we relate to nature. For example, social media challenges democracy; artificial intelligence raises the question of what is unique to humans; and the possibility to create artificial wombs may affect notions of motherhood and birth. Some have suggested that we address global warming by engineering the climate, but how does this impact our responsibility to future generations and our relation to nature? This book shows how technologies can be socially and conceptually disruptive and investigates how to come to terms with this disruptive potential. Four technologies are studied: social media, social robots, climate engineering and artificial wombs. The authors highlight the disruptive potential of these technologies, and the new questions this raises. The book also discusses responses to conceptual disruption, like conceptual engineering, the deliberate revision of concepts.

Handbook on Energy Justice
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 361

Handbook on Energy Justice

Offering a unique and critical perspective on energy justice, this Handbook delves into an emerging field of inquiry encapsulating multiple strands of scholarship on energy systems. Covering key topics including generation, transmission, distribution and demand, it explores fundamental questions surrounding policy, climate change, security and social movements.

The East Coast Christmas Cookbook
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 130

The East Coast Christmas Cookbook

Delicious ideas for the holidays on Canada’s East Coast, including Christmas baking, menus for a memorable Christmas dinner and lots of special seasonal treats. Christmas on the East Coast means special treats that spark warm memories of favourite childhood dishes and traditional family recipes. This collection brings together an array of delicious, seasonal East Coast fare – from cookies, candy and tarts to festive main courses and accompaniments. Alice Burdick has brought together this collection of Christmas recipes from more than 50 regional cookbooks published over the last four decades. Her introductions give the history of each recipe and offer suggestions for how each dish can fit into holiday plans. This book includes lots of great ideas for getting ready for the festive season with Christmas baking – featuring traditional treats such as squares, cookies, and candy – and decadent menus for all holiday spreads, feasts and gatherings.