Hedberg, Trevor <br/><br/>
The Environmental Impact of Overpopulation  The Ethics of Procreation 

 - London  Taylor & Francis  Routledge [Imprint]  2020 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies .
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<br/><br/> This book examines the link between population growth and environmental impact and explores the implications of this connection for the ethics of procreation. In light of climate change, species extinctions, and other looming environmental crises, Trevor Hedberg argues that we have a collective moral duty to halt population growth to prevent environmental harms from escalating. This book assesses a variety of policies that could help us meet this moral duty, confronts the conflict between protecting the welfare of future people and upholding procreative freedom, evaluates the ethical dimensions of individual procreative decisions, and sketches the implications of population growth for issues like abortion and immigration. It is not a book of tidy solutions: Hedberg highlights some scenarios where nothing we can do will enable us to avoid treating some people unjustly. In such scenarios, the overall objective is to determine which of our available options will minimize the injustice that occurs. This book will be of great interest to those studying environmental ethics, environmental policy, climate change, sustainability, and population policy. 
<br/><br/><br/>Open licence 
<br/><br/><br/>eng 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781032236766 9781138489752 9781351037020 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4324/9781351037020  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Applied ecology<br/>Climate change<br/>Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning<br/>Environmental management<br/>Environmental policy and protocols<br/>Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure<br/>Nature and the natural world: general interest<br/>Pollution and threats to the environment<br/>The environment
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Capita Ecological Footprint Capita GHG Emission climate change Current Population Size Direct Moral Standing Ecological Footprint Etonogestrel Contraceptive Implants Future People Global GHG Emission Global Humanitarian Forum intergenerational equity Large Families Maximin Rule Moral Cosmopolitanism Non-identity Problem Objective List Theories overpopulation Population Reduction procreation ethics Procreative Activities Procreative Autonomy Procreative Choices Procreative Freedom Pursuing Gender Justice Reduce Animal Suffering Reduce GHG Emission Replacement Level Fertility species extinctions UN Violating