Engineering the climate : the ethics of solar radiation management / Christopher J. Preston.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-253) and index.

Introduction : The Extraordinary Ethics of Solar Radiation Management / Christopher J. Preston -- Part I. Present and Future Generations -- Geoengineering, Solidarity, and Moral Risk / Marion Hourdequin -- Might Solar Radiation Management Constitute a Dilemma? / Konrad Ott -- Domination and the Ethics of Solar Radiation Management / Patrick Taylor Smith -- Part II. Marginalized, Vulnerable, and Voiceless Populations -- Indigenous Peoples, Solar Radiation Management, and Consent / Kyle Powys Whyte -- Solar Radiation Management and Vulnerable Populations : The Moral Deficit and its Prospects / Christopher J. Preston -- Solar Radiation Management and Non-human Species / Ronald Sandler -- Part III. Moral Hazards and Hidden Benefits -- The World That Would Have Been : Moral Hazard Arguments Against Geoengineering / Ben Hale -- Climate Remediation to Address Social Development Challenges : Going Beyond Cost Benefit and Risk Approaches to Assessing Solar Radiation Management / Holly Jean Buck -- Part IV. Ethics of Framing and Rhetoric -- Insurance Policy or Technological Fix : The Ethical Implications of Framing Solar Radiation Management / Dane Scott -- Public Concerns About the Ethics of Solar Radiation Management / Wylie Carr, Ashley Mercer, and Clare Palmer -- Part V. The Cultural Milieu -- The Setting of the Scene : Technological Fixes and the Design of the Good Life / Albert Borgmann -- Between Babel and Pelagius : Religion, Theology, and Geoengineering / Forrest Clingerman -- Making Climates : Solar Radiation Management and the Ethics of Fabrication / Maialen Galarraga and Bronislaw Szerszynski.

Engineering the Climate: The Ethics of Solar Radiation Management is a wide-ranging and expert analysis of the ethics of the intentional management of solar radiation. This book will be a useful tool for policy-makers, a provocation for ethicists, and an eye-opening analysis for both the scientist and the general reader with interest in climate change.