What Powers Us? A Comparative Religious Ethics of Energy Sources, Power, and Privilege

Environmental ethicists, philosophers, and moral theologians increasingly examine how anthropogenic climate change (linked to the burning of fossil fuels) poses questions of causality, responsibility, and agency in ways that stretch the capabilities of received moral traditions. This essay opens com...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 2016-03, Vol.36 (1), p.3-25
Hauptverfasser: Peppard, Christiana Z., Belser, Julia Watts, Biviano, Erin Lothes, Martin-Schramm, James B.
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Zusammenfassung:Environmental ethicists, philosophers, and moral theologians increasingly examine how anthropogenic climate change (linked to the burning of fossil fuels) poses questions of causality, responsibility, and agency in ways that stretch the capabilities of received moral traditions. This essay opens comparative religious ethical analysis on the topic of contemporary energy ethics for privileged populations, especially in the United States.
ISSN:1540-7942
2326-2176
2326-2176
DOI:10.1353/sce.2016.0010