Author: Lisa M. Rasmussen File Type: pdf This volume brings together a set of critical essays on the thought of Professor Doctor H. Tristram Engelhardt Junior, Co-Founding Editor of the Philosophy and Medicine book series. Amongst the founders of bioethics, Professor Engelhardt, Jr. looms large. Many of his books and articles have appeared in multiple languages, including Italian, Romanian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Chinese. The essays in this book focus critically on a wide swath of his work, in the process elucidating, critiquing, andor commending the rigor and reach of his thought. This volume compasses analyses of many different aspects of Engelhardts work, including social and political philosophy, biopolitics, the philosophy of medicine, and bioethics. It brings together internationally known scholars to assess key elements of Engelhardts work.

Author: Dieter Helm File Type: pdf An energy revolution is under way with far-reaching consequences for nations, companies, and the way we address climate change Low oil prices are sending shockwaves through the global economy, and longtime industry observer Dieter Helm explains how this and other shifts are the harbingers of a coming energy revolution and how the fossil fuel age will come to an end. Surveying recent surges in technological innovations, Helms provocative new book documents how the global move toward the internet-of-things will inexorably reduce the demand for oil, gas, and renewablesand prove more effective than current efforts to avert climate change. Oil companies and energy utilities must begin to adapt their existing business models or face future irrelevancy. Oil-exporting nations, particularly in the Middle East, will be negatively impacted, whereas the United States and European countries that are investing in new technologies may find themselves leaders in the geopolitical game. Timely and controversial, this book concludes by offering advice on what governments and businesses can and should do now to prepare for a radically different energy future. **Review Dieter Helm has redefined the study of energy economics. His must-read new book is a prescient and gripping analysis of the trends which are reshaping our world - Edward Lucas, Senior Editor, The Economist (Edward Lucas) Getting serious about global warming will require a transformation in the worlds energy systems. In this lucid and wide- ranging book Dieter Helm shows how that transformation will affect almost every quarter of the global economyfrom commodity prices to the strategies of the worlds largest companies. The future energy system, Helm says, is likely to hinge on electric power. Todays big producers of hydrocarbons, from Russia to the Persian Gulf, are in trouble countries that can promote and harness technological innovation will fare best. - David G. Victor,Professor at School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego and author of Global Warming Gridlock. (David G. Victor) Professor Helm is not someone to pull punches, and he certainly does not in this provocative book about the long-term demise he anticipates of the fossil fuel industries. Whether hes correct wont be known for many decades, but in the meantime, his thesis and the evidence he assembles merit close and careful review. - Robert N. Stavins,Albert Pratt Professor of Business & Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and Director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program (Robert N. Stavins) Helm argues convincingly and clearly that we have entered the endgame for fossil fuels. But, as he also makes clear, how that endgame plays through is of fundamental importance not only to the future of our climate, but also tothe structure of the world economy and its geo-politics. He is surely right that the key drivers of change will be technological advance andthe strengthening of climate policies and that ,in the interim, gas will rise relative to other fossil fuels. This is an important book by one of the worlds most knowledgeable and thoughtful energy economists. -Nicholas Stern is professor of economics atthe LSE, President ofthe British Academy and a cross-bench member ofthe House of Lords. (Lord Nicholas Stern) ?WhenBritains leading energy expert concludes that the fossil fuel industry is doomed, people are likely to sit up and take notice. Dieter Helm provocatively sets out the primary causes - climate change and new technologies - along with the economic and geopolitical consequences of the endgame for fossil fuels. This is no reason here for environmentalists to celebrate even if investors follow a theharvest and exit strategy suggested by Helm, dangerous climate change is still likely without further action. This striking new book displays Professor Helms characteristic force and clarity, making it compelling reading for those interested in energy or climate policy. - Cameron Hepburn, Professor of environmental economics at the University of Oxford (Cameron Hepburn) About the Author Dieter Helm is fellow in economics, New College, Oxford. He is also professor of energy policy and professorial research fellow, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. He lives in Oxfordshire, UK. An energy revolution is under way with far-reaching consequences for nations, companies, and the way we address climate change Low oil prices are sending shockwaves through the global economy, and longtime industry observer Dieter Helm explains how this and other shifts are the harbingers of a coming energy revolution and how the fossil fuel age will come to an end. Surveying recent surges in technological innovations, Helms provocative new book documents how the global move toward the internet-of-things will inexorably reduce the demand for oil, gas, and renewablesand prove more effective than current efforts to avert climate change. Oil companies and energy utilities must begin to adapt their existing business models or face future irrelevancy. Oil-exporting nations, particularly in the Middle East, will be negatively impacted, whereas the United States and European countries that are investing in new technologies may find themselves leaders in the geopolitical game. Timely and controversial, this book concludes by offering advice on what governments and businesses can and should do now to prepare for a radically different energy future. **