Is climate change an ethical issue? Examining young adults' beliefs about climate and morality

Climatic Change

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 479-495

  Markowitz, Ezra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICAL ISSUES; ETHICAL PROBLEMS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; STUDENTS;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

ADULT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COGNITION; ETHICS; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESEARCH WORK; STUDENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865813177     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0422-8     Document Type: Article

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