Malik Bozzo-Rey – författare

Climate change and the loss of biodiversity are now realities. Their causes and origins stem from the energy, goods and resources relied upon by the lifestyle of a growing part of humanity.

Smart Users for Energy and Societal Transition presents this much needed transition, as well as the scenarios and paths essential to mitigating the impacts of climate change. It deals with transitions experimented in the form of ecosystems in universities, cities and territories, as well as with concepts of smart buildings, smart grids and smart cities, addressed to smart users – or not – in an interdisciplinary research context. Sociological issues related to the role of smart building users are discussed, ranging from acceptance to the appropriation of the technologies made available to them.

The book highlights the ethics of this essential transition and the importance of individual behaviors in safeguarding humanity on a preserved planet.

Climate change and the loss of biodiversity are now realities. Their causes and origins stem from the energy, goods and resources relied upon by the lifestyle of a growing part of humanity.

Smart Users for Energy and Societal Transition presents this much needed transition, as well as the scenarios and paths essential to mitigating the impacts of climate change. It deals with transitions experimented in the form of ecosystems in universities, cities and territories, as well as with concepts of smart buildings, smart grids and smart cities, addressed to smart users – or not – in an interdisciplinary research context. Sociological issues related to the role of smart building users are discussed, ranging from acceptance to the appropriation of the technologies made available to them.

The book highlights the ethics of this essential transition and the importance of individual behaviors in safeguarding humanity on a preserved planet.

La morale n’est pas seulement affaire d’intuitions?; elle est aussi affaire de raisonnement. Si l’on apprécie spontanément le bien et le mal, le juste et l’injuste, on ne peut, face aux dilemmes éthiques, faire l’économie de l’argumentation. Dans cet ouvrage, devenu un classique incontournable de l’éthique contemporaine, R. M. Hare propose de relier à un niveau intuitif, qui est celui du sens commun, un niveau critique, plus réflexif. Or, à ce second niveau, la logique même des concepts moraux nous conduit à adopter l’utilitarisme. L’auteur montre ici comment le calcul peut trouver sa place en morale si nous évaluons les actions humaines non seulement à partir de nos valeurs présentes, mais également à la lumière de celles que nous pourrions avoir à l’avenir ou que les autres ont. Il traite de questions pratiques qui concernent tous les hommes, car elles suscitent des conflits violents?; or «?il est possible que la violence engloutisse le monde, si nous ne trouvons pas une manière d’en discuter rationnellement et dans l’espoir de nous accorder?».