Abstract

The need for developing an ethic(s) of climate change is characterized by the far ranging and complex moral questions that arise through the anthropogenic warming of the earth. This paper provides a literary review of recent advancements in climate change ethics, primarily concerning the issue of climate justice. The books examined are The Moral Challenge of Dangerous Climate Change: Values, Poverty, and Policy, by Darrel Moellendorf; Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle against Climate Change Failed—and What It Means for Our Future, by Dale Jamieson; and Research, Action and Policy: Addressing the Gendered Impacts of Climate Change, edited by Margaret Alston and Kerri Whittenbury.