The Environmental Impact of Overpopulation

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 mora...

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description 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.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1468882025-07-21T15:44:58Z The Environmental Impact of Overpopulation Hedberg, Trevor intergenerational equity species extinctions procreation ethics overpopulation climate change Direct Moral Standing Pursuing Gender Justice Large Families Capita GHG Emission Objective List Theories Etonogestrel Contraceptive Implants Global Humanitarian Forum Replacement Level Fertility Capita Ecological Footprint Non-identity Problem Procreative Autonomy UN Procreative Freedom Current Population Size Reduce GHG Emission Violating Future People Global GHG Emission Ecological Footprint Procreative Choices Population Reduction Procreative Activities Reduce Animal Suffering Moral Cosmopolitanism Maximin Rule thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WN Nature and the natural world: general interest thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy and protocols thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment::RNPG Climate change thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WN Nature and the natural world: general interest thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy and protocols thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment::RNPG Climate change 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. 2024-10-26T04:19:07Z 2024-10-26T04:19:07Z 2024-10-25T17:41:01Z 2020 book ONIX_20241025_9781351037020_20 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/94108 9781351037020 9781138489752 9781032236766 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/146888 eng Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies open access Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781351037020 10.4324/9781351037020 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Chapter Teacher Noticing via Video 9781351037020 9781138489752 9781032236766 Routledge London open access
spellingShingle intergenerational equity
species extinctions
procreation ethics
overpopulation
climate change
Direct Moral Standing
Pursuing Gender Justice
Large Families
Capita GHG Emission
Objective List Theories
Etonogestrel Contraceptive Implants
Global Humanitarian Forum
Replacement Level Fertility
Capita Ecological Footprint
Non-identity Problem
Procreative Autonomy
UN
Procreative Freedom
Current Population Size
Reduce GHG Emission
Violating
Future People
Global GHG Emission
Ecological Footprint
Procreative Choices
Population Reduction
Procreative Activities
Reduce Animal Suffering
Moral Cosmopolitanism
Maximin Rule
thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WN Nature and the natural world: general interest
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy and protocols
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment::RNPG Climate change
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thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy and protocols
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Hedberg, Trevor
The Environmental Impact of Overpopulation
title The Environmental Impact of Overpopulation
title_full The Environmental Impact of Overpopulation
title_fullStr The Environmental Impact of Overpopulation
title_full_unstemmed The Environmental Impact of Overpopulation
title_short The Environmental Impact of Overpopulation
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topic intergenerational equity
species extinctions
procreation ethics
overpopulation
climate change
Direct Moral Standing
Pursuing Gender Justice
Large Families
Capita GHG Emission
Objective List Theories
Etonogestrel Contraceptive Implants
Global Humanitarian Forum
Replacement Level Fertility
Capita Ecological Footprint
Non-identity Problem
Procreative Autonomy
UN
Procreative Freedom
Current Population Size
Reduce GHG Emission
Violating
Future People
Global GHG Emission
Ecological Footprint
Procreative Choices
Population Reduction
Procreative Activities
Reduce Animal Suffering
Moral Cosmopolitanism
Maximin Rule
thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WN Nature and the natural world: general interest
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy and protocols
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment::RNPG Climate change
thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WN Nature and the natural world: general interest
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy and protocols
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment::RNPG Climate change
topic_facet intergenerational equity
species extinctions
procreation ethics
overpopulation
climate change
Direct Moral Standing
Pursuing Gender Justice
Large Families
Capita GHG Emission
Objective List Theories
Etonogestrel Contraceptive Implants
Global Humanitarian Forum
Replacement Level Fertility
Capita Ecological Footprint
Non-identity Problem
Procreative Autonomy
UN
Procreative Freedom
Current Population Size
Reduce GHG Emission
Violating
Future People
Global GHG Emission
Ecological Footprint
Procreative Choices
Population Reduction
Procreative Activities
Reduce Animal Suffering
Moral Cosmopolitanism
Maximin Rule
thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WN Nature and the natural world: general interest
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy and protocols
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment::RNPG Climate change
thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WN Nature and the natural world: general interest
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy and protocols
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment::RNPG Climate change
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