Cover
Contents
Preface
1. The Pivotal Generation: "You Are Here"
Illusions of Separation
The Context That Makes Us Pivotal
Arbitrary Demands?
Unique Historical Period, Incomparable Moral Responsibility
Heavier Burdens
Unlimited Threats
Tipping Points
Conclusion
2. The Presence of the Past
Owning Our National Past
Disowning Our National Past
The Pure Fairness Argument
The Wrongful Imposition Arguments
Conclusion
3. Engagement across Distance and Engagement across Time
The Phenomenology of Agency
The Danger of Transition

Contemporary "Strangers" and the Affordability of Alternative Energy
Future "Strangers" and Tipping Points
The Date-of-Last-Opportunity to Prevent Disaster
Further Reasons? Past Sacrifice, Hope, and Continuity
Conclusion
4. Are There Second Chances on Climate Change?
Fix It Later?
Contrasting Purposes of CO2 Removal
Scaling Up in Time?
Bequeathing Risks
The Reversible and the Irreversible
5. Taking Control of Our Legacy
Powerful Enemies, Allied Masses
Planning the "Final Harvest": Deceptive Delay
Enabling the "Final Harvest": Banks' BAU

Preventing the "Final Harvest": The Active Many vs. the Ruthless Few
Acknowledgments
Appendix on Inequality
Notes
Index