Bioethics and Climate Change: A Response to Macpherson and Valles

Two articles published in Bioethics recently have explored the ways that bioethics can contribute to the climate change debate. Cheryl Cox Macpherson argues that bioethicists can play an important role in the climate change debate by helping the public to better understand the values at stake and th...

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Published in:Bioethics
Main Author: Resnik, David B. 1962- (Author)
Contributors: Valles, Sean A. (Bibliographic antecedent) ; Macpherson, Cheryl Cox (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: Bioethics
RelBib Classification:NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
NCH Medical ethics
NCJ Ethics of science
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Policy
B Climate Change
B Bioethics
B History
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Summary:Two articles published in Bioethics recently have explored the ways that bioethics can contribute to the climate change debate. Cheryl Cox Macpherson argues that bioethicists can play an important role in the climate change debate by helping the public to better understand the values at stake and the trade-offs that must be made in individual and social choices, and Sean Valles claims that bioethicists can contribute to the debate by framing the issues in terms of the public health impacts of climate change. While Macpherson and Valles make valid points concerning a potential role for bioethics in the climate change debate, it is important to recognize that much more than ethical analysis and reflection will be needed to significantly impact public attitudes and government policies.
ISSN:1467-8519
Reference:Errata "Corrigendum (2017)"
Kritik von "Bioethics and the Framing of Climate Change's Health Risks (2015)"
Kritik von "Climate Change is a Bioethics Problem (2013)"
Contains:Enthalten in: Bioethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12261